Personal loans in Shoreview, MN
Shoreview is a smaller city in Minnesota, with an estimated 26,374 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook. The trend for Shoreview between 2020 and 2023 is downward by roughly 2.1%.
The Census counts 26,374 people in Shoreview, the 40th-largest figure among Minnesota's 853 places. Use the calculator on this page to price an amount and term before you commit in Shoreview. State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Shoreview's roughly 26,374 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Roseville, MN about 5 miles away.
Shoreview: the sourced local profile
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Minnesota table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: an estimated 26,374 residents, 40th of 853 places in Minnesota (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: A drop of about 2.1% from 2020 to 2023.
- People gained or lost: about 558 fewer since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: roughly 95% of Minnesota's places have fewer residents than Shoreview's 26,374.
- Population density: 2,450 people per square mile on 10.8 square miles of land.
- Land area: Shoreview covers 10.8 square miles, the 107th-largest area among Minnesota's 853 places.
- Water area rank: Shoreview ranks 47th among Minnesota's 853 places, with 1.89 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.6% of Minnesota's residents live in Shoreview (26,374 people).
- Nationally: Shoreview is the 1,481st-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Shoreview ranks 631st among Minnesota's 853 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Against the state trend: Shoreview's 2.1% change compares with a Minnesota average of +0.1% across its 853 places.
- Density rank: Shoreview is the 44th most densely settled place in Minnesota.
- Density in context: Shoreview's 2,450 people per square mile sit against a Minnesota median of 607.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 45.0830, -93.1405.
- Nearest larger cities: Roseville (5 mi); Fridley (6 mi); Blaine (7 mi); Maplewood (7 mi); Brooklyn Center (9 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Nearest smaller places: Arden Hills (1 mi); North Oaks (2 mi); New Brighton (3 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 180 places smaller than Shoreview sit within 50 miles.
- At 100 miles: 38 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Getting a loan in Shoreview
Shoreview is a fairly dense community of about 26,374 people, with 33 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. Lenders licensed in Minnesota reach Shoreview's 26,374 residents online, so the nearest branch is not what sets your APR. The nearest larger city, Roseville, MN about 5 miles away.
What Minnesota law requires in Shoreview
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Minnesota, and so for Shoreview's roughly 26,374 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Minnesota Department of Commerce (commissioner of commerce) Source says: ""Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday ability-to-repay requirement | Required for payday loans with an APR above 36% (Minn. Stat. § 47.603) Source says: "This section applies to all payday loans with an annual percentage rate that exceeds 36 percent." | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 6% per year legal rate of interest; a different rate may be contracted for in writing (Minn. Stat. § 334.01) Source says: "The interest for any legal indebtedness shall be at the rate of $6 upon $100 for a year" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
Where Shoreview sits
The Census Gazetteer records 10.8 square miles of land and 1.89 square miles of water within Shoreview. That land carries about 2,450 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Minneapolis, the distance is roughly 10 miles. Shoreview has 33 larger places within a 50-mile radius. Within the same 50 miles lie 180 smaller Census places.
Inside a Shoreview personal loan
With roughly 26,374 residents, Shoreview is a smaller city; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Shoreview's rank of 40th in Minnesota: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. Shortening the term on a Shoreview loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
A pre-application checklist for Shoreview
Before you apply in Shoreview, a community of about 26,374, 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.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Confirm the Minnesota licence with the regulator named above before committing.
- Check that the monthly payment fits your budget next to your existing obligations.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
None of these steps is Shoreview-specific: the same Minnesota licensing and disclosure rules reach all 26,374 residents.
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Nearby places
- Arden Hills, MN — population 9,461
- North Oaks, MN — population 5,163
- Circle Pines, MN — population 4,919
- Lexington, MN — population 3,059
- New Brighton, MN — population 22,228
- Roseville, MN — population 35,451
- Mounds View, MN — population 12,782
- Vadnais Heights, MN — population 12,632