Personal loans in Tabor, SD
If you are weighing a personal loan in Tabor, start from the payment you can carry; its 403 residents face the same statewide rules. Tabor is one of 309 Census places in South Dakota; its 403 residents put it at 135th.
Rate-shopping from Tabor costs nothing at pre-qualification, where a soft pull leaves your credit file alone. Tabor shed about 0.7% of its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. To lend to Tabor's 403 residents, a company must hold a South Dakota licence, and each sourced row below names the regulator behind it. The closest larger place is Tyndall, SD about 11 miles away.
Local context for Tabor
The figures below are Tabor's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the South Dakota rules.
- Population: a Census-estimated 403, 135th among South Dakota's 309 places (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Down about 0.7% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Absolute change: 3 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: roughly 56% of South Dakota's places have fewer residents than Tabor's 403.
- Density: the Census land area of 0.4 sq mi holds about 1,063 people per square mile.
- By land area: Tabor ranks 206th among South Dakota's 309 places, at 0.4 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.1% of South Dakota's residents live in Tabor (403 people).
- Nationally: Tabor is the 14,075th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Tabor's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 192nd of 309 places in South Dakota.
- State comparison: South Dakota's places average +0.9% for 2020-to-2023, against Tabor's 0.7%.
- Density rank: Tabor is the 65th most densely settled place in South Dakota.
- Density in context: Tabor's 1,063 people per square mile sit against a South Dakota median of 581.
- Location: it lies at 42.9477, -97.6594 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Tyndall (11 mi); Santee (12 mi); Springfield (13 mi); Yankton (14 mi); Scotland (14 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller places close by: Lesterville (7 mi); Utica (9 mi); Mission Hill (19 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 40 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 150.
Lender access in Tabor
Tabor is a moderately settled community of about 403 people, with 37 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. A South Dakota licence lets a lender serve Tabor without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 403 residents are offered. For a larger market, the closest option is Tyndall, SD about 11 miles away.
South Dakota rules behind a Tabor personal loan
South Dakota has no separate rate rule for Tabor; the sourced rows below are what reach every lender that serves its 403 people.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | South Dakota Division of Banking (Department of Labor and Regulation) Source says: "The Division of Banking is charged with the regulation and supervision of state chartered and licensed financial institutions." | South Dakota Division of Banking (Department of Labor and Regulation) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Initiated Measure 21 anti-evasion rule (state-specific rule) | Initiated Measure 21 (2016) also bars evasion by indirect means; applies to loans originated, refinanced, rolled over, renewed or flipped after November 15, 2016. Source says: "prohibits these money lenders from evading this rate limitation by indirect means... a loan made in violation of this measure is void" (Division of Banking guidance on Initiated Measure 21). | South Dakota Division of Banking (Department of Labor and Regulation) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | No general maximum/usury restriction when the rate is set by written agreement; specific caps elsewhere in the code apply (e.g., 36% for licensed money lenders). Source says: "no maximum interest rate or charge, or usury rate restriction... if they establish the interest rate or charge by written agreement" (SDCL 54-3-1.1). | South Dakota Legislature (South Dakota Codified Laws) as of 2026-09-16 |
How a Tabor personal loan is priced
With roughly 403 residents, Tabor is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. A lender serving Tabor's 403 residents must disclose the APR and finance charge in writing before you sign. The term you choose in Tabor decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Tabor: area, density and distance
Tabor's land area is roughly 0.4 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. Spread across it are roughly 1,063 residents per square mile. Sioux Falls, the largest place in South Dakota, is about 62 miles from Tabor. Tabor has 37 larger places within a 50-mile radius. The 100-mile radius contains 150 larger places.
Where Tabor sits in South Dakota
Among South Dakota's 309 places, Tabor sits at 135th for population, a share of roughly 0.1% of the state. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Tabor ranks 192nd of 309 in South Dakota (about the 38th percentile). By density, at about 1,063 people per square mile, it ranks 65th in South Dakota. By land area, its 0.4 square miles rank 206th of 309 places in South Dakota.
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Nearby places
- Lesterville, SD — population 115
- Utica, SD — population 71
- Tyndall, SD — population 1,075
- Scotland, SD — population 784
- Santee, NE — population 424
- Springfield, SD — population 1,913
- Crofton, NE — population 759
- Yankton, SD — population 15,630