Personal loans in Willcox, AZ
Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 decrease in Willcox at about 0.9%. With an estimated 3,202 residents, Willcox is the 71st-largest of 91 places in Arizona.
If you are weighing a personal loan in Willcox, start from the payment you can carry; its 3,202 residents face the same statewide rules. Judge Willcox offers on total cost, not on how quickly the money arrives. A single loan can carry different costs on either side of a state line, and Willcox sits on the Arizona side of that line. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Benson, AZ about 37 miles away.
Borrowing in Willcox: the local picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Arizona table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: about 3,202, ranked 71st of 91 places in Arizona (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is negative, near 0.9%.
- Net change: roughly 30 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: Willcox's 3,202 people outrank roughly 22% of the places in Arizona.
- Density: roughly 483 residents per square mile, spread over 6.6 sq mi of land.
- By land area: Willcox ranks 77th among Arizona's 91 places, at 6.6 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Willcox ranks 24th among Arizona's 91 places, with 0.13 sq mi.
- Share of state population: Willcox's 3,202 residents are about 0.1% of Arizona.
- National rank: Willcox is the 6,070th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth in Arizona: Willcox stands 73rd by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 91 places.
- Versus Arizona: the state average change is +3.8%, while Willcox moved 0.9%.
- Density rank: Willcox places 49th among Arizona's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Willcox's 483 people per square mile sit against a Arizona median of 566.
- Location: coordinates 32.2518, -109.8357 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Benson (37 mi); Thatcher (39 mi); Safford (41 mi); Sierra Vista (55 mi); Bisbee (59 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Smaller towns nearby: Tombstone (39 mi); Pima (44 mi); Huachuca City (52 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 2 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 15.
Lender access in Willcox
Willcox is lightly settled, with about 483 people per square mile and 3 larger places within 50 miles. Lenders licensed in Arizona reach Willcox's 3,202 residents online, so the nearest branch is not what sets your APR. For a larger market, the closest option is Benson, AZ about 37 miles away.
A practical checklist for Willcox borrowers
Before you apply in Willcox, a community of about 3,202, work through these steps:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Make sure the lender appears in the Arizona regulator's licence list.
- Check that the monthly payment fits your budget next to your existing obligations.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
In Willcox as elsewhere in Arizona, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 3,202 residents.
The anatomy of a Willcox personal loan
Willcox is a small community of about 3,202 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. Federal Truth in Lending rules require a Willcox lender to disclose the APR and finance charge before you sign. The term you choose in Willcox decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Land, water and location for Willcox
Inside Willcox's boundaries lie roughly 6.6 square miles of land and 0.13 square miles of water. That land carries about 483 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Phoenix, is roughly 159 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 3 larger communities surround Willcox. By land area it ranks 77th of 91 Arizona places.
The Arizona lending rules that reach Willcox
Read the table as a lender's compliance picture for Willcox: the rule, the sourced figure, the publisher and the date.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Payday lending status | Not permitted — payday lending authorization expired June 30, 2010; DIFI no longer licenses payday lenders; consumer loans over 36% APR illegal since July 1, 2010 Source says: "The law allowing payday loans in Arizona expired on June 30, 2010. DIFI no longer licenses payday lenders." | Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Thatcher, AZ — population 5,486
- Tombstone, AZ — population 1,312
- Benson, AZ — population 5,337
- Safford, AZ — population 10,270
- Pima, AZ — population 3,036
- Huachuca City, AZ — population 1,600
- Sierra Vista, AZ — population 44,431
- Bisbee, AZ — population 4,994