Personal loans in Brownsville, OR
A lender serving Brownsville holds a Oregon licence and answers to a Oregon regulator; no city office is involved for its 1,849 residents. The trend for Brownsville between 2020 and 2023 is upward by roughly 9.1%.
With an estimated 1,849 residents, Brownsville is the 129th-largest of 240 places in Oregon. Rate-shopping from Brownsville costs nothing at pre-qualification, where a soft pull leaves your credit file alone. Lenders active in Brownsville report to a Oregon supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. For a bigger market, look to Lebanon, OR about 10 miles away.
Brownsville: the sourced local profile
Brownsville is a small community; the notes below cover its population profile and the statewide rules that apply.
- Population: the Census counts 1,849 residents in Brownsville (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 129th-largest figure among Oregon's 240 places.
- Population trend: Roughly 9.1% more residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Net change: roughly 155 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: roughly 46% of Oregon places rank below Brownsville.
- Population density: about 1,377 people per square mile across 1.3 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- Land area rank: Brownsville's 1.3 square miles rank 123rd of 240 places in Oregon.
- State population share: Brownsville accounts for about 0.1% of everyone in Oregon.
- Nationally: Brownsville is the 7,912th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Brownsville's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 9th of 240 places in Oregon.
- Against the state trend: Brownsville's 9.1% change compares with a Oregon average of +0.7% across its 240 places.
- Density rank: Brownsville places 142nd among Oregon's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Oregon: Brownsville's 1,377 people per square mile compare with a state median of 1,575.
- Location: 44.3922, -122.9833 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Lebanon (10 mi); Harrisburg (12 mi); Sweet Home (14 mi); Junction City (16 mi); Albany (17 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Smaller places nearby: Halsey (6 mi); Sodaville (8 mi); Waterloo (11 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 16 places smaller than Brownsville sit within 50 miles.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 89.
Brownsville against the rest of Oregon
Against Oregon's other places, Brownsville accounts for about 0.1% of the state's population and ranks 129th of 240 by size. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Brownsville ranks 9th of 240 in Oregon (about the 96th percentile). At about 1,377 people per square mile, Brownsville is the 142nd most densely settled place in Oregon. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 155 residents.
Before you apply in Brownsville
These steps shape the offer you get in Brownsville, a place of about 1,849 people:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Look the lender up in the Oregon regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
- If the balances are already a strain, seek nonprofit credit counselling before adding a loan.
- Check the disclosure for fees that raise the true cost above the quoted rate.
None of these steps is Brownsville-specific: the same Oregon licensing and disclosure rules reach all 1,849 residents.
Which Oregon laws govern a loan in Brownsville
For the roughly 1,849 residents of Brownsville, the rules below are Oregon's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (Department of Consumer and Business Services) Source says: "Protecting Oregonians' access to fair products and services through education, regulation, and consumer assistance." | Oregon Division of Financial Regulation as of 2026-09-16 |
| Unlicensed lending consequence (state-specific rule) | Unlicensed consumer finance loans are void and uncollectible (principal, interest, fees). Source says: "the consumer finance loan is void... may not... collect, receive or retain principal, interest, a fee or a charge related to... the consumer finance loan" (ORS 725.045(1)(b)). | Oregon Legislative Assembly (Oregon Revised Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 9% per annum default legal rate where the parties have not agreed to a rate. Source says: "The rate of interest for the following transactions, if the parties have not otherwise agreed to a rate of interest, is nine percent per annum" (ORS 82.010(1)). | Oregon Legislative Assembly (Oregon Revised Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
How lenders reach Brownsville
Brownsville is a moderately settled community of about 1,849 people, with 28 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. What is available to Brownsville's 1,849 borrowers is set by Oregon licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. The nearest larger city, Lebanon, OR about 10 miles away.
How personal loans work in Brownsville
Most loans made to Brownsville's 1,849 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. Two numbers drive a Brownsville loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Brownsville loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
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Nearby places
- Halsey, OR — population 951
- Sodaville, OR — population 369
- Lebanon, OR — population 19,726
- Waterloo, OR — population 223
- Tangent, OR — population 1,247
- Harrisburg, OR — population 3,701
- Albany, OR — population 57,053
- Coburg, OR — population 1,311