Personal loans in Franklin, MN
Franklin ranks 489th of 853 places in Minnesota, with a population near 510. A personal loan in Franklin is priced from your credit file and income, not from the fact that the city holds 510 people.
The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 3.2% growth in Franklin. If debt is already a strain, a nonprofit credit counsellor can help Franklin residents before they take on more. Every figure below is Minnesota's own, applied to Franklin's 510 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Fairfax, MN about 8 miles away.
Franklin: the sourced local profile
Here is the sourced Census picture for Franklin, plus the Minnesota lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: 510 residents; Franklin is the 489th-largest of 853 places in Minnesota (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: About 3.2% above the 2020 Census base.
- People gained or lost: about 16 more since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: roughly 43% of Minnesota's places have fewer residents than Franklin's 510.
- Population density: about 507 people per square mile across 1.0 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- By land area: Franklin ranks 516th among Minnesota's 853 places, at 1.0 sq mi.
- Share of Minnesota: Franklin holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 510 people.
- National rank: Franklin sits 13,086th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth in Minnesota: Franklin stands 111th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 853 places.
- Versus Minnesota: the state average change is +0.1%, while Franklin moved 3.2%.
- Density rank: Franklin is the 472nd most densely settled place in Minnesota.
- Density in context: Franklin's 507 people per square mile sit against a Minnesota median of 607.
- Location: latitude 44.5306, longitude -94.8841 (Census Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Fairfax (8 mi); Morgan (8 mi); Redwood Falls (11 mi); Bird Island (16 mi); Hector (17 mi). Online lenders reach Franklin no matter how far the nearest branch is.
- Nearest smaller towns: Morton (5 mi); Evan (12 mi); Clements (13 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 47 smaller Census places.
- At 100 miles: 306 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Franklin's place among Minnesota's 853 places
Franklin is the 489th-largest of 853 Census places in Minnesota and contains about 0.0% of the state's people. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Franklin ranks 111th of 853 in Minnesota (about the 87th percentile). By density, at about 507 people per square mile, it ranks 472nd in Minnesota. The population moved by about 16 people between 2020 and 2023, a 3.2% shift.
Getting a loan in Franklin
Franklin is moderately settled, with about 507 people per square mile and 53 larger places within 50 miles. A Minnesota licence lets a lender serve Franklin without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 510 residents are offered. The nearest larger city, Fairfax, MN about 8 miles away.
The state rulebook for Franklin
When Minnesota does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Franklin is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Minnesota Department of Commerce (commissioner of commerce) Source says: ""Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed; APR capped at 36%, or up to 50% with an ability-to-repay analysis (Minn. Stat. §§ 47.60, 47.601, 47.603) Source says: "The cap on that annual percentage rate is set at either 36%, or up to 50% if the lender conducts an ability to repay analysis" | Minnesota Department of Commerce as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Regulated loan license required from the commissioner for loans within the Chapter 56 threshold (Minn. Stat. § 56.01) Source says: "without first obtaining a license from the commissioner, no person shall engage in the business of making loans of money" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
Inside a Franklin personal loan
With roughly 510 residents, Franklin is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Two numbers drive a Franklin loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. Shortening the term on a Franklin loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
A pre-application checklist for Franklin
For Franklin's roughly 510 residents, these are the steps that most influence the offer:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Verify the lender's Minnesota licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
What differs between Franklin and the rest of Minnesota is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 510 people here.
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Nearby places
- Morton, MN — population 397
- Morgan, MN — population 878
- Fairfax, MN — population 1,213
- Evan, MN — population 71
- Redwood Falls, MN — population 5,059
- Clements, MN — population 149
- Bird Island, MN — population 977
- Cobden, MN — population 37