Personal loans in Toms Brook, VA
A lender serving Toms Brook holds a Virginia licence and answers to a Virginia regulator; no city office is involved for its 280 residents. By population, Toms Brook sits at 196th in Virginia, with an estimated 280 residents.
For a community of about 280, the practical step is to compare APR across at least three lenders before committing. Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 increase in Toms Brook at about 2.2%. A single loan can carry different costs on either side of a state line, and Toms Brook sits on the Virginia side of that line. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Strasburg, VA about 6 miles away.
Toms Brook: population, trend and location
Set out below is Toms Brook's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: an estimated 280 residents, 196th of 227 places in Virginia (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is positive, near 2.2%.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a gain of about 6 residents.
- Size percentile: roughly 14% of Virginia places rank below Toms Brook.
- Population density: 2,222 people per square mile on 0.1 square miles of land.
- Land area: Toms Brook covers 0.1 square miles, the 225th-largest area among Virginia's 227 places.
- Within Virginia: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Toms Brook.
- National rank: Toms Brook is the 15,366th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth in Virginia: Toms Brook stands 49th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 227 places.
- Versus Virginia: the state average change is -0.0%, while Toms Brook moved 2.2%.
- Density rank: Toms Brook places 35th among Virginia's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Virginia: Toms Brook's 2,222 people per square mile compare with a state median of 823.
- Location: 38.9465 / -78.4400, per the US Census Bureau Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Strasburg (6 mi); Woodstock (7 mi); Middletown (10 mi); Edinburg (11 mi); Front Royal (14 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Toms Brook.
- Smaller communities within reach: Wardensville (12 mi); Washington (22 mi); The Plains (36 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 8 smaller Census places.
- Within 100 miles: 262 places are larger than Toms Brook.
The Toms Brook borrowing checklist
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Toms Brook, home to about 280 people:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Model the payment on the calculator before a lender models it for you.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Look the lender up in the Virginia regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
- If the balances are already a strain, seek nonprofit credit counselling before adding a loan.
- Check the disclosure for fees that raise the true cost above the quoted rate.
None of these steps is Toms Brook-specific: the same Virginia licensing and disclosure rules reach all 280 residents.
Where Toms Brook sits in Virginia
Set beside Virginia's 227 places, Toms Brook ranks 196th by population and holds about 0.0% of the state total. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Toms Brook stands 49th among Virginia's 227 places — roughly the 78th percentile. Its roughly 2,222 residents per square mile place it 35th among Virginia's places. In land area, Toms Brook ranks 225th among Virginia's 227 places.
What a Toms Brook borrower is actually offered
Toms Brook is a small community of about 280 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Toms Brook. The term you choose in Toms Brook decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Land, water and location for Toms Brook
Inside Toms Brook's boundaries lie about 0.1 square miles of land, with no significant water area recorded. With 280 residents, the land area yields roughly 2,222 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Virginia Beach, the distance is roughly 199 miles. Within 50 miles of Toms Brook there are 47 larger Census places. Within the same 50 miles lie 8 smaller Census places.
The state rulebook for Toms Brook
Virginia has no separate rate rule for Toms Brook; the sourced rows below are what reach every lender that serves its 280 people.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Virginia State Corporation Commission, Bureau of Financial Institutions (BFI) Source says: The Bureau of Financial Institutions (BFI) is a regulatory division of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC.) | Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer finance license required from the State Corporation Commission (Va. Code § 6.2-1501) Source says: No person shall engage in the business of making loans to individuals for personal, family, household, or other nonbusiness purposes | Virginia General Assembly (Code of Virginia) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 12% per year maximum contract rate, except as otherwise permitted by law (Va. Code § 6.2-303) Source says: no contract shall be made for the payment of interest on a loan at a rate that exceeds 12 percent per year | Virginia General Assembly (Code of Virginia) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Strasburg, VA — population 7,260
- Woodstock, VA — population 5,940
- Edinburg, VA — population 1,211
- Middletown, VA — population 1,413
- Wardensville, WV — population 262
- Front Royal, VA — population 15,400
- Stephens City, VA — population 2,116
- Luray, VA — population 4,828