Personal loans in Carmine, TX
Population in Carmine climbed about 2.1% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. The Census estimates 248 residents in Carmine, which ranks it 1,123rd of 1,224 places in Texas.
A lender serving Carmine holds a Texas licence and answers to a Texas regulator; no city office is involved for its 248 residents. Pull your credit reports and line up at least three offers before you apply from Carmine. For the 248 people in Carmine, Texas runs its own consumer-lending licensing, and the sourced table below lists the figures that apply. The nearest larger metro is Burton, TX about 6 miles away.
Where Carmine stands
The figures below are Carmine's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the Texas rules.
- Population: a Census-estimated 248, 1,123rd among Texas's 1,224 places (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Growth of about 2.1% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- People gained or lost: about 5 more since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: Carmine sits ahead of around 8% of Texas places, at 248 people.
- Population density: 151 people per square mile on 1.6 square miles of land.
- By land area: Carmine ranks 813th among Texas's 1,224 places, at 1.6 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Texas's residents live in Carmine (248 people).
- National rank: Carmine is the 15,783rd most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Carmine's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 637th of 1,224 places in Texas.
- Versus Texas: the state average change is +6.5%, while Carmine moved 2.1%.
- Density rank: Carmine places 1,154th among Texas's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Carmine's 151 people per square mile sit against a Texas median of 840.
- Location: 30.1485, -96.6907 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Burton (6 mi); Giddings (14 mi); Somerville (17 mi); Fayetteville (17 mi); Industry (17 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller communities within reach: Round Top (6 mi); South Frydek (47 mi); Anderson (48 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 4 smaller Census places.
- At 100 miles: 222 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
The Carmine borrowing checklist
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Carmine, home to about 248 people:
- Pull your credit reports first and correct any error before a lender sees the file.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Look the lender up in the Texas regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
- When debt already feels heavy, a nonprofit credit counsellor is worth a call first.
In Carmine as elsewhere in Texas, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 248 residents.
What Texas law requires in Carmine
Below are the Texas rules that apply to a loan made in Carmine, each with the regulator that issued it.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) Source says: The OCCC licenses and regulates non-depository lenders in the state of Texas. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal via licensed credit access businesses (payday/title-loan brokers); the third-party lender itself is not licensed (Tex. Fin. Code ch. 393) Source says: the credit access business that serves as the broker is the licensee in this regulated industry | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | License required for non-depository lenders charging more than 10% interest; Chapter 342 governs consumer loans (Tex. Fin. Code § 342.051) Source says: Non-depository lenders who engage in making, transacting, or collecting loans with a rate of interest greater than 10% must be licensed by the OCCC. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
Land, water and location for Carmine
Inside Carmine's boundaries lie about 1.6 square miles of land, with no significant water area recorded. Spread across it are roughly 151 residents per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Houston, the distance is roughly 82 miles. Carmine has 39 larger places within a 50-mile radius. By land area it ranks 813th of 1,224 Texas places.
Carmine's place among Texas's 1,224 places
Among Texas's 1,224 places, Carmine sits at 1,123rd for population, a share of roughly 0.0% of the state. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Carmine stands 637th among Texas's 1,224 places — roughly the 48th percentile. At about 151 people per square mile, Carmine is the 1,154th most densely settled place in Texas. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 5 residents.
What a Carmine borrower is actually offered
Most loans made to Carmine's 248 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. Two numbers drive a Carmine 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 Carmine loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
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Nearby places
- Round Top, TX — population 93
- Burton, TX — population 282
- Giddings, TX — population 5,254
- Fayetteville, TX — population 250
- Somerville, TX — population 1,419
- Industry, TX — population 282
- Brenham, TX — population 19,142
- La Grange, TX — population 4,541