Personal loans in Kinderhook, IL
About 184 people live in Kinderhook, placing it 1,118th of 1,294 Census places in Illinois. If you are weighing a personal loan in Kinderhook, start from the payment you can carry; its 184 residents face the same statewide rules.
Pull your credit reports and line up at least three offers before you apply from Kinderhook. A lender that serves Kinderhook operates under Illinois lending statutes and a Illinois supervisor. Kinderhook lost roughly 2.1% of its population across the 2020-to-2023 comparison. The closest larger city is Hull, IL about 3 miles away.
The Kinderhook data picture
Two layers matter for a Kinderhook borrower: the local population picture and Illinois's consumer-lending statutes.
- Population: about 184, ranked 1,118th of 1,294 places in Illinois (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: About 2.1% below the 2020 Census base.
- People gained or lost: about 4 fewer since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: about 14% of Illinois communities are smaller than Kinderhook (184 residents).
- Density: the Census land area of 0.8 sq mi holds about 228 people per square mile.
- Land area rank: Kinderhook's 0.8 square miles rank 855th of 1,294 places in Illinois.
- Within Illinois: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Kinderhook.
- National rank: Kinderhook is the 16,720th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Kinderhook ranks 643rd among Illinois's 1,294 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Versus Illinois: the state average change is -2.0%, while Kinderhook moved 2.1%.
- Density rank: Kinderhook places 1,161st among Illinois's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Illinois: Kinderhook's 228 people per square mile compare with a state median of 993.
- Location: latitude 39.7038, longitude -91.1526 (Census Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Hull (3 mi); New Canton (5 mi); Plainville (6 mi); Barry (6 mi); Payson (9 mi). A branch is convenient; it is not what sets your APR.
- Smaller communities close by: El Dara (10 mi); Baylis (13 mi); New Salem (16 mi), each with its own Census population profile.
- Within a 50-mile radius: 41 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 459.
What is available to Kinderhook borrowers
At roughly 228 people per square mile, Kinderhook is lightly settled; 73 larger places lie within 50 miles. A Illinois licence lets a lender serve Kinderhook without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 184 residents are offered. For a larger market, the closest option is Hull, IL about 3 miles away.
Kinderhook in state context
Set beside Illinois's 1,294 places, Kinderhook ranks 1,118th by population and holds about 0.0% of the state total. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Kinderhook ranks 643rd of 1,294 in Illinois (about the 50th percentile). By density, at about 228 people per square mile, it ranks 1,161st in Illinois. Within 50 miles sit 41 smaller Census places, alongside the 73 that are larger.
What shapes a Kinderhook personal loan
In Kinderhook, a small community of about 184, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Kinderhook's rank of 1,118th in Illinois: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Kinderhook loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
Land, water and location for Kinderhook
The Census Gazetteer records about 0.8 square miles of land within Kinderhook, with no significant water area listed. With 184 residents, the land area yields roughly 228 people per square mile. Chicago, the largest place in Illinois, is about 234 miles from Kinderhook. Kinderhook has 73 larger places within a 50-mile radius. The 100-mile radius contains 459 larger places.
Illinois consumer-lending rules applied in Kinderhook
Illinois has no separate rate rule for Kinderhook; the sourced rows below are what reach every lender that serves its 184 people.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Division of Financial Institutions Source says: "DFI licenses, charters, and examines a wide variety of financial products and services including: Consumer and Sales Finance and Collection Agencies". | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 9% annual percentage rate (general written-contract interest cap) Source says: "it shall be lawful for the parties to stipulate or agree that an annual percentage rate of 9%, or any less sum". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted under license; capped at 36% annual percentage rate (payday loans) Source says: "shall not contract for or receive a charge exceeding a 36% annual percentage rate ... for a payday loan". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Hull, IL — population 378
- New Canton, IL — population 324
- Plainville, IL — population 265
- Barry, IL — population 1,262
- Payson, IL — population 1,000
- El Dara, IL — population 62
- Liberty, IL — population 527
- Hannibal, MO — population 16,838