Personal loans in Pelican Bay, TX
With roughly 2,571 residents, Pelican Bay is a small community, and the lending rules its borrowers live under are written in Texas, not by the city.
Lenders active in Pelican Bay report to a Texas supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. By population, Pelican Bay sits at 528th in Texas, with an estimated 2,571 residents. Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing in Pelican Bay. A 2020-to-2023 comparison shows Pelican Bay up by about 25.3%. The nearest larger city is Azle, TX about 2 miles away.
Where Pelican Bay stands
Here is the sourced Census picture for Pelican Bay, plus the Texas lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: 2,571 people, a figure that places Pelican Bay 528th among the 1,224 Census places in Texas (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Growth of about 25.3% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- People gained or lost: about 519 more since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: roughly 57% of Texas places rank below Pelican Bay.
- Population density: about 3,837 people per square mile across 0.7 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- Land area rank: Pelican Bay's 0.7 square miles rank 1,100th of 1,224 places in Texas.
- State population share: Pelican Bay accounts for about 0.0% of everyone in Texas.
- National rank: Pelican Bay is the 6,760th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Pelican Bay's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 62nd of 1,224 places in Texas.
- Versus Texas: the state average change is +6.5%, while Pelican Bay moved 25.3%.
- Density rank: Pelican Bay places 33rd among Texas's places by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Pelican Bay runs about 3,837 residents per square mile, where the Texas median is 840.
- Location: coordinates 32.9228, -97.5189 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Azle (2 mi); Reno (3 mi); Lake Worth (9 mi); Saginaw (10 mi); Springtown (10 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Nearest smaller places: Sanctuary (4 mi); Newark (7 mi); Lakeside (7 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 44 places smaller than Pelican Bay sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 176 places are larger than Pelican Bay.
Pelican Bay in state context
Within Texas, Pelican Bay holds roughly 0.0% of all residents, the 528th-largest share among 1,224 places. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Pelican Bay stands 62nd among Texas's 1,224 places — roughly the 95th percentile. By density, at about 3,837 people per square mile, it ranks 33rd in Texas. The population moved by about 519 people between 2020 and 2023, a 25.3% shift.
Pelican Bay: area, density and distance
Pelican Bay covers about 0.7 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer); no significant water area is recorded inside its boundaries. With 2,571 residents, the land area yields roughly 3,837 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Houston, is roughly 251 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 95 larger communities surround Pelican Bay. By land area it ranks 1,100th of 1,224 Texas places.
What shapes a Pelican Bay personal loan
With roughly 2,571 residents, Pelican Bay is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Pelican Bay's rank of 528th in Texas: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. The term you choose in Pelican Bay decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Which Texas laws govern a loan in Pelican Bay
For the roughly 2,571 residents of Pelican Bay, the rules below are Texas's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) Source says: The OCCC licenses and regulates non-depository lenders in the state of Texas. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 10% per year maximum; a greater rate is usurious unless otherwise provided by law (Tex. Fin. Code § 302.001) Source says: The maximum rate or amount of interest is 10 percent a year except as otherwise provided by law. | Texas Legislature (Texas Constitution and Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal via licensed credit access businesses (payday/title-loan brokers); the third-party lender itself is not licensed (Tex. Fin. Code ch. 393) Source says: the credit access business that serves as the broker is the licensee in this regulated industry | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
What to do before borrowing in Pelican Bay
Before you apply in Pelican Bay, a community of about 2,571, work through these steps:
- Start with the credit file: order the reports, fix the errors, then apply.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Check the Texas regulator's records to confirm the lender is licensed here.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
- Make sure the new payment leaves room in a budget you already keep.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
In Pelican Bay as elsewhere in Texas, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 2,571 residents.
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Nearby places
- Azle, TX — population 14,562
- Reno, TX — population 3,489
- Sanctuary, TX — population 369
- Newark, TX — population 1,233
- Lakeside, TX — population 1,597
- Aurora, TX — population 1,554
- Lake Worth, TX — population 4,616
- Rhome, TX — population 1,843