Personal loans in Pace, MS
Pace is a small community in Mississippi, with an estimated 173 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook. With 173 residents, Pace outranks about 8% of the communities in Mississippi.
The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 4.9% decline in Pace. Which products a lender may offer to Pace's 173 residents follows from the Mississippi consumer-lending framework. Use the calculator on this page to price an amount and term before you commit in Pace. The nearest larger city is Beulah, MS about 7 miles away.
Pace: population, trend and location
Set out below is Pace's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: about 173 people live here, which puts Pace 274th of 299 Census places in Mississippi (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A decline of about 4.9% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- Net change: roughly 9 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: with 173 residents, Pace is larger than about 8% of Mississippi's Census places.
- Density: the Census land area of 0.2 sq mi holds about 1,131 people per square mile.
- By land area: Pace ranks 296th among Mississippi's 299 places, at 0.2 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Mississippi's residents live in Pace (173 people).
- Nationally: Pace is the 16,907th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth in Mississippi: Pace stands 225th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 299 places.
- Against the state trend: Pace's 4.9% change compares with a Mississippi average of -2.3% across its 299 places.
- Density rank: Pace places 29th among Mississippi's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Pace's 1,131 people per square mile sit against a Mississippi median of 434.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 33.7922, -90.8591.
- Nearest larger cities: Beulah (7 mi); Renova (8 mi); Cleveland (8 mi); Merigold (8 mi); Mound Bayou (10 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Pace.
- Nearest smaller towns: Winstonville (10 mi); Doddsville (21 mi); Alligator (22 mi) — useful context for the surrounding area.
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 8 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 180.
Steps to take before a Pace loan
Before you apply in Pace, a community of about 173, work through these steps:
- Get your credit reports, dispute what is wrong, and only then start shopping.
- Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Make sure the lender appears in the Mississippi regulator's licence list.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
- 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.
In Pace as elsewhere in Mississippi, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 173 residents.
Where Pace sits in Mississippi
Against Mississippi's other places, Pace accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 274th of 299 by size. Its 2020-to-2023 change ranks 225th of 299 Mississippi places, putting it near the 25th percentile for growth. Its roughly 1,131 residents per square mile place it 29th among Mississippi's places. By land area, its 0.2 square miles rank 296th of 299 places in Mississippi.
How personal loans work in Pace
With roughly 173 residents, Pace is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Federal Truth in Lending rules require a Pace lender to disclose the APR and finance charge before you sign. Shortening the term on a Pace loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
The state rulebook for Pace
When Mississippi does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Pace is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance (DBCF) Source says: "The Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance's (DBCF) mission is to regulate, supervise and safeguard financial institutions chartered and licensed in Mississippi" | Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed — check cashers (delayed-deposit/payday transactions) are licensed consumer-finance industries regulated by DBCF (Miss. Code § 75-67-501 et seq.) Source says: "These industries include Money Transmitter, Small Loan, Check Cashers, Pawnbroker, Title Pledge, Consumer Loan Broker" | Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Small loan license required (Small Loan Regulatory Law; Miss. Code § 75-67-105) Source says: "No person shall engage in the business of lending money ... without being the holder of a valid and subsisting license" | Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
How lenders reach Pace
Pace is moderately settled, with about 1,131 people per square mile and 55 larger places within 50 miles. Lenders licensed in Mississippi reach Pace's 173 residents online, so the nearest branch is not what sets your APR. For a larger market, the closest option is Beulah, MS about 7 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Beulah, MS — population 237
- Renova, MS — population 691
- Cleveland, MS — population 10,401
- Merigold, MS — population 348
- Mound Bayou, MS — population 1,417
- Boyle, MS — population 497
- Winstonville, MS — population 139
- Gunnison, MS — population 277