Personal loans in Taylor, AZ
Taylor ranks 64th of 91 places in Arizona, with a population near 4,272. The roughly 4,272 people who live in Taylor borrow under Arizona rules; city hall sets no personal-loan rate.
Use the calculator on this page to price an amount and term before you commit in Taylor. Consumer lending that reaches Taylor's 4,272 residents is governed by Arizona statute; no city ordinance changes it. Taylor added about 7.0% to its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. The next larger city is Snowflake, AZ about 5 miles away.
Taylor: population, trend and location
Here is the sourced Census picture for Taylor, plus the Arizona lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: 4,272 people, a figure that places Taylor 64th among the 91 Census places in Arizona (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Higher by roughly 7.0% since the 2020 count.
- Absolute change: 278 residents added between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: with 4,272 residents, Taylor is larger than about 30% of Arizona's Census places.
- Land and density: 32.7 square miles of land carry roughly 131 residents per square mile.
- By land area: Taylor ranks 43rd among Arizona's 91 places, at 32.7 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Taylor ranks 49th among Arizona's 91 places, with 0.02 sq mi.
- State population share: Taylor accounts for about 0.1% of everyone in Arizona.
- National rank: Taylor sits 5,282nd by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Taylor's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 20th of 91 places in Arizona.
- Against the state trend: Taylor's 7.0% change compares with a Arizona average of +3.8% across its 91 places.
- Density in Arizona: Taylor ranks 82nd by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Taylor's 131 people per square mile sit against a Arizona median of 566.
- Location: mapped by the US Census Bureau at 34.4427, -110.0985.
- Nearest larger cities: Snowflake (5 mi); Show Low (13 mi); Holbrook (32 mi); Eagar (51 mi); Winslow (53 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Taylor.
- Nearest smaller towns: Pinetop-Lakeside (22 mi); St. Johns (41 mi); Springerville (49 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 3 places smaller than Taylor sit within 50 miles.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 7.
Inside a Taylor personal loan
With roughly 4,272 residents, Taylor 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 Taylor lender to disclose the APR and finance charge before you sign. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Taylor loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
Where Taylor sits in Arizona
Set beside Arizona's 91 places, Taylor ranks 64th by population and holds about 0.1% of the state total. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Taylor ranks 20th of 91 in Arizona (about the 78th percentile). Its roughly 131 residents per square mile place it 82nd among Arizona's places. The population moved by about 278 people between 2020 and 2023, a 7.0% shift.
Steps to take before a Taylor loan
These steps shape the offer you get in Taylor, a place of about 4,272 people:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Gather at least three pre-qualified offers and line up the APR, not the headline rate.
- Look the lender up in the Arizona regulator's licence records before you sign.
- 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.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
What differs between Taylor and the rest of Arizona is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 4,272 people here.
Taylor on the map
The Census Gazetteer records 32.7 square miles of land and 0.02 square miles of water within Taylor. With 4,272 residents, the land area yields roughly 131 people per square mile. The largest place in Arizona, Phoenix, lies about 129 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 3 larger communities surround Taylor. Within the same 50 miles lie 3 smaller Census places.
The Arizona lending rules that reach Taylor
Below are the Arizona rules that apply to a loan made in Taylor, each with the regulator that issued it.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) Source says: "The Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI)". | Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Consumer lender loan rate caps (§ 6-632) | Consumer loans: 36% per year on principal up to $3,000; for larger loans, 36% on the first $3,000 and 24% above $3,000 Source says: "a consumer loan rate of thirty-six per cent"; "a consumer loan rate of twenty-four per cent on that part of the principal amount greater than three thousand dollars". | Arizona State Legislature — A.R.S. § 6-632 as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 10% per year default; any rate may be agreed in writing (other than medical debt) Source says: "interest shall be at the rate of ten percent a year, unless a different rate is contracted for in writing". | Arizona State Legislature — A.R.S. § 44-1201 as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Snowflake, AZ — population 6,670
- Show Low, AZ — population 12,192
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ — population 4,191
- Holbrook, AZ — population 4,833
- St. Johns, AZ — population 3,362
- Springerville, AZ — population 1,727
- Winslow, AZ — population 8,517
- Eagar, AZ — population 4,437