Personal loans in Mount Vernon, IN
Lenders active in Mount Vernon report to a Indiana supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. With 6,355 residents, Mount Vernon outranks about 81% of the communities in Indiana.
In Mount Vernon, one of 565 Census places in Indiana, the figure to compare across lenders is the APR, not the advertised rate. The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 2.1% decline in Mount Vernon. For a community of about 6,355, the practical step is to compare APR across at least three lenders before committing. For a bigger market, look to Henderson, KY about 18 miles away.
Mount Vernon by the numbers
Mount Vernon is a small town; the notes below cover its population profile and the statewide rules that apply.
- Population: about 6,355, ranked 106th of 565 places in Indiana (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: A drop of about 2.1% from 2020 to 2023.
- Net change: roughly 138 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 81% of the places in Indiana, with 6,355 residents in Mount Vernon.
- Density: roughly 2,208 residents per square mile, spread over 2.9 sq mi of land.
- Land area rank: Mount Vernon's 2.9 square miles rank 153rd of 565 places in Indiana.
- Water: Mount Vernon holds about 0.04 square miles, the 110th-largest water area in Indiana.
- Within Indiana: about 0.2% of the state's population lives in Mount Vernon.
- National rank: Mount Vernon sits 4,228th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth in Indiana: Mount Vernon stands 541st by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 565 places.
- State comparison: Indiana's places average +1.0% for 2020-to-2023, against Mount Vernon's 2.1%.
- Density rank: Mount Vernon places 69th among Indiana's places by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Mount Vernon runs about 2,208 residents per square mile, where the Indiana median is 1,375.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 37.9370, -87.8959.
- Nearest larger cities: Henderson (18 mi); Evansville (20 mi); Princeton (34 mi); Boonville (34 mi); Mount Carmel (34 mi). Larger metros often have more branches, but online lenders reach Mount Vernon on the same terms.
- Nearest smaller towns: Maunie (11 mi); Uniontown (11 mi); New Haven (13 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 96 places smaller than Mount Vernon sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 35 places are larger than Mount Vernon.
How a Mount Vernon personal loan is priced
With roughly 6,355 residents, Mount Vernon is a small town; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Mount Vernon's rank of 106th in Indiana: 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 Mount Vernon loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
Mount Vernon against the rest of Indiana
Within Indiana, Mount Vernon holds roughly 0.2% of all residents, the 106th-largest share among 565 places. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Mount Vernon stands 541st among Indiana's 565 places — roughly the 4th percentile. At about 2,208 people per square mile, Mount Vernon is the 69th most densely settled place in Indiana. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 138 residents.
What Indiana law requires in Mount Vernon
Below are the Indiana rules that apply to a loan made in Mount Vernon, each with the regulator that issued it.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Indiana Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), Consumer Credit Division Source says: "The industries regulated by the Consumer Credit Division are: non-depository small loan ("payday") lenders; traditional installment lenders". | Indiana Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan size limit | $825 maximum aggregate small-loan principal per borrower Source says: "Lenders cannot have loans ... outstanding with you at any one time if the aggregate principal amount/amount financed exceeds $825". | Indiana Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | See the latest published figure value_text left null: Indiana Code IC 24-4.5-3-508 sets tiered maximum loan finance charges for supervised loans; the official code site renders client-side and the figure could not be confirmed from a fetched page, so no figure is asserted. | Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code) as of 2026-09-16 |
The geography behind Mount Vernon
Inside Mount Vernon's boundaries lie roughly 2.9 square miles of land and 0.04 square miles of water. With 6,355 residents, the land area yields roughly 2,208 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Fort Wayne, is roughly 263 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 8 larger communities surround Mount Vernon. The 100-mile radius contains 35 larger places.
What is available to Mount Vernon borrowers
At roughly 2,208 people per square mile, Mount Vernon is fairly dense; 8 larger places lie within 50 miles. What is available to Mount Vernon's 6,355 borrowers is set by Indiana licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. The nearest larger city, Henderson, KY about 18 miles away.
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