Personal loans in Lobelville, TN
A 2020-to-2023 comparison shows Lobelville up by about 5.0%. With 968 residents, Lobelville outranks about 32% of the communities in Tennessee.
Lobelville is a small community in Tennessee, with an estimated 968 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook. Rate-shopping from Lobelville costs nothing at pre-qualification, where a soft pull leaves your credit file alone. Which products a lender may offer to Lobelville's 968 residents follows from the Tennessee consumer-lending framework. The next larger city is Linden, TN about 10 miles away.
Lobelville: the sourced local profile
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Tennessee table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: the Census counts 968 residents in Lobelville (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 234th-largest figure among Tennessee's 344 places.
- Population trend: Growth of about 5.0% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- Net change: roughly 46 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: about 32% of Tennessee communities are smaller than Lobelville (968 residents).
- Population density: 258 people per square mile on 3.8 square miles of land.
- Land area rank: Lobelville's 3.8 square miles rank 198th of 344 places in Tennessee.
- Share of Tennessee: Lobelville holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 968 people.
- National rank: Lobelville is 10,361st of 19,457 places nationwide.
- Growth in Tennessee: Lobelville stands 69th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 344 places.
- Against the state trend: Lobelville's 5.0% change compares with a Tennessee average of +2.4% across its 344 places.
- Density rank: Lobelville places 279th among Tennessee's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Lobelville's 258 people per square mile sit against a Tennessee median of 553.
- Location: 35.7517 / -87.7975, per the US Census Bureau Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Linden (10 mi); Hohenwald (19 mi); Parsons (20 mi); New Johnsonville (21 mi); Centerville (21 mi). Lenders licensed in the state serve Lobelville whether or not they keep a local branch.
- Nearest smaller towns: Decaturville (22 mi); Scotts Hill (30 mi); Hollow Rock (33 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 19 places smaller than Lobelville sit within 50 miles.
- At 100 miles: 148 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Lobelville against the rest of Tennessee
Set beside Tennessee's 344 places, Lobelville ranks 234th by population and holds about 0.0% of the state total. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Lobelville stands 69th among Tennessee's 344 places — roughly the 80th percentile. At about 258 people per square mile, Lobelville is the 279th most densely settled place in Tennessee. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 46 residents.
Where Lobelville sits
Inside Lobelville's boundaries lie about 3.8 square miles of land, with no significant water area recorded. Spread across it are roughly 258 residents per square mile. Memphis, the largest place in Tennessee, is about 130 miles from Lobelville. A 50-mile radius around Lobelville takes in 31 places that are larger. By land area it ranks 198th of 344 Tennessee places.
How lenders reach Lobelville
With about 258 residents per square mile, Lobelville is lightly settled, and 31 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. A Tennessee licence lets a lender serve Lobelville without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 968 residents are offered. The nearest bigger place is Linden, TN about 10 miles away.
The state rulebook for Lobelville
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Tennessee, and so for Lobelville's roughly 968 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) Source says: The Department regulates banks, credit unions, trust companies, business and industrial development corporations, industrial loan and thrift companies | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | TDFI Compliance Division licenses industrial loan & thrift companies, deferred presentment companies, flexible credit companies, and other consumer lenders Source says: The Compliance Division is responsible for the licensing and regulatory supervision of the following types of financial institutions operating in Tennessee | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 10.75% per annum (maximum effective formula rate for written contracts, announced September 15, 2026) Source says: the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 10.75 percent per annum | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
The Lobelville borrowing checklist
Complete these steps first when you borrow in Lobelville (968 residents):
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Shop at least three lenders and judge them on APR and total cost.
- Make sure the lender appears in the Tennessee regulator's licence list.
- Test the payment against your current bills before you commit.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
What differs between Lobelville and the rest of Tennessee is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 968 people here.
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Nearby places
- Linden, TN — population 1,093
- Hohenwald, TN — population 3,892
- New Johnsonville, TN — population 1,806
- Parsons, TN — population 2,112
- Waverly, TN — population 4,275
- Decaturville, TN — population 805
- Centerville, TN — population 3,567
- McEwen, TN — population 1,717