Personal loans in Syracuse, OH
The Census estimates 779 residents in Syracuse, which ranks it 576th of 924 places in Ohio. Two households in Syracuse with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates; the city's 779 residents are not the reason.
Syracuse lost roughly 0.5% of its population across the 2020-to-2023 comparison. Use the calculator on this page to price an amount and term before you commit in Syracuse. Rate ceilings, licensing requirements and product limits for Syracuse are all set at the Ohio level. A larger market lies at New Haven, WV about 1 miles away.
Local context for Syracuse
Here is the sourced Census picture for Syracuse, plus the Ohio lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: an estimated 779 residents, 576th of 924 places in Ohio (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is negative, near 0.5%.
- People gained or lost: about 4 fewer since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: roughly 38% of Ohio's places have fewer residents than Syracuse's 779.
- Population density: about 885 people per square mile across 0.9 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- By land area: Syracuse ranks 556th among Ohio's 924 places, at 0.9 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Syracuse ranks 291st among Ohio's 924 places, with 0.02 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Ohio's residents live in Syracuse (779 people).
- Nationally: Syracuse is the 11,309th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Syracuse's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 351st of 924 places in Ohio.
- Against the state trend: Syracuse's 0.5% change compares with a Ohio average of +0.9% across its 924 places.
- Density rank: Syracuse is the 659th most densely settled place in Ohio.
- Density vs Ohio: Syracuse's 885 people per square mile compare with a state median of 1,289.
- Location: 39.0012, -81.9707 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: New Haven (1 mi); Mason (4 mi); Pomeroy (4 mi); Middleport (5 mi); Ravenswood (12 mi). Lenders licensed in the state serve Syracuse whether or not they keep a local branch.
- Smaller communities within reach: Hartford City (1 mi); Racine (4 mi); Cheshire (8 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 39 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 208.
Syracuse: area, density and distance
Syracuse's land area is about 0.9 square miles; a further 0.02 square miles is water. Spread across it are roughly 885 residents per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Columbus, is roughly 87 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 43 larger communities surround Syracuse. By land area it ranks 556th of 924 Ohio places.
The Ohio lending rules that reach Syracuse
These are Ohio's sourced lending facts as they reach Syracuse's 779 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Financial Institutions (Consumer Finance Section). Source says: "The Consumer Finance Section is responsible for regulating non-depository consumer lenders and related consumer finance businesses." | Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 8% per annum maximum by written agreement for the general case; higher rates permitted only in specified cases (e.g., principal over $100,000, business loans, certain mortgages). Source says: "may stipulate therein for the payment of interest upon the amount thereof at any rate not exceeding eight per cent per annum payable annually" (Ohio Rev. Code 1343.01(A)). [codes.ohio.gov content retrieved via search-engine fetch of the official section; direct connections blocked from our network] | Ohio Laws (Ohio Revised Code - official state publication) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal for licensed short-term lenders; interest capped at 28% per annum; total fees and charges capped at 60% of the originally contracted loan amount. Source says: "(A) Interest not exceeding a rate of twenty-eight per cent per annum" (Ohio Rev. Code 1321.40); total fees/charges capped at "a total amount of fees and charges that exceeds sixty per cent of the originally contracted loan amount" (1321.403). | Ohio Laws (Ohio Revised Code - official state publication) as of 2026-09-16 |
Inside a Syracuse personal loan
A Syracuse personal loan is an installment loan: a lump sum, then fixed monthly payments over a set term, priced off your credit rather than its 779 residents. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Syracuse. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Syracuse loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
Steps to take before a Syracuse loan
These steps shape the offer you get in Syracuse, a place of about 779 people:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Verify the lender's Ohio licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
- If debt is already a struggle, talk to a nonprofit credit counsellor before borrowing more.
What differs between Syracuse and the rest of Ohio is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 779 people here.
How Syracuse compares across Ohio
Within Ohio, Syracuse holds roughly 0.0% of all residents, the 576th-largest share among 924 places. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Syracuse ranks 351st of 924 in Ohio (about the 62th percentile). Its roughly 885 residents per square mile place it 659th among Ohio's places. Within 50 miles sit 39 smaller Census places, alongside the 43 that are larger.
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Nearby places
- New Haven, WV — population 1,418
- Hartford City, WV — population 494
- Mason, WV — population 834
- Racine, OH — population 671
- Pomeroy, OH — population 1,526
- Middleport, OH — population 2,156
- Cheshire, OH — population 124
- Rutland, OH — population 416