Personal loans in Mark, IL
A 2020-to-2023 comparison shows Mark down by about 2.5%. Personal loans in Mark are mostly unsecured, so the APR reflects how a lender reads your credit — not the city's 504 population.
Roughly 504 residents live in Mark, the 860th-largest community in Illinois. The closest larger place is Granville, IL about 1 miles away. Lenders active in Mark report to a Illinois supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. Decide the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before sharing any details with a Mark lender.
What the Census records for Mark
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Illinois table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 504 people, a figure that places Mark 860th among the 1,294 Census places in Illinois (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: About 2.5% below the 2020 Census base.
- People gained or lost: about 13 fewer since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: roughly 34% of Illinois's places have fewer residents than Mark's 504.
- Land and density: 1.1 square miles of land carry roughly 473 residents per square mile.
- Land area: Mark covers 1.1 square miles, the 704th-largest area among Illinois's 1,294 places.
- Share of Illinois: Mark holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 504 people.
- National standing: Mark ranks 13,135th of 19,457 US places.
- Growth in Illinois: Mark stands 801st by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 1,294 places.
- State comparison: Illinois's places average -2.0% for 2020-to-2023, against Mark's 2.5%.
- Density rank: Mark places 1,014th among Illinois's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Illinois: Mark's 473 people per square mile compare with a state median of 993.
- Location: coordinates 41.2623, -89.2550 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Granville (1 mi); Hennepin (3 mi); De Pue (5 mi); Spring Valley (6 mi); Dalzell (8 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Smaller towns nearby: Standard (4 mi); Bureau Junction (6 mi); McNabb (6 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 57 places smaller than Mark sit within 50 miles.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 596.
A practical checklist for Mark borrowers
These steps shape the offer you get in Mark, a place of about 504 people:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Model the payment on the calculator before a lender models it for you.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Check the Illinois regulator's records to confirm the lender is licensed here.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
- If the balances are already a strain, seek nonprofit credit counselling before adding a loan.
- Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing.
The process is identical across Illinois; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Mark holds 504 people.
Inside a Mark personal loan
With roughly 504 residents, Mark is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Two numbers drive a Mark loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. The term you choose in Mark decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
What Illinois law requires in Mark
Read the table as a lender's compliance picture for Mark: the rule, the sourced figure, the publisher and the date.
| 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 |
| Installment lender net-worth requirement | $30,000 minimum positive net worth (plus $25,000 surety bond) Source says: "every applicant shall prove ... that the applicant has and will maintain a positive net worth of a minimum of $30,000". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) 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 |
Mark on the map
Mark covers about 1.1 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer); no significant water area is recorded inside its boundaries. Spread across it are roughly 473 residents per square mile. The largest place in Illinois, Chicago, lies about 90 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 100 larger communities surround Mark. Within the same 50 miles lie 57 smaller Census places.
Where Mark sits in Illinois
Among Illinois's 1,294 places, Mark sits at 860th for population, a share of roughly 0.0% of the state. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Mark stands 801st among Illinois's 1,294 places — roughly the 38th percentile. At about 473 people per square mile, Mark is the 1,014th most densely settled place in Illinois. By land area, its 1.1 square miles rank 704th of 1,294 places in Illinois.
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Nearby places
- Granville, IL — population 1,319
- Hennepin, IL — population 741
- Standard, IL — population 218
- De Pue, IL — population 1,588
- Spring Valley, IL — population 5,442
- McNabb, IL — population 271
- Seatonville, IL — population 318
- Hollowayville, IL — population 38