Personal loans in Windy Hills, KY
Lenders active in Windy Hills report to a Kentucky supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below.
Windy Hills, Kentucky — home to about 2,403 people — is a small community, so the terms you are offered follow Kentucky law rather than any local rule. An estimated 2,403 people make their home in Windy Hills, a figure that ranks 128th in Kentucky. Windy Hills shed about 1.1% of its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. Compare APR, not the interest rate, because the APR folds in most fees on a Windy Hills loan. The nearest larger city is Graymoor-Devondale, KY about 1 miles away.
Local context for Windy Hills
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Kentucky table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: about 2,403 people live here, which puts Windy Hills 128th of 416 Census places in Kentucky (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Down about 1.1% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 26 residents.
- Size percentile: about 69% of Kentucky's Census places are smaller than Windy Hills.
- Density: roughly 2,612 residents per square mile, spread over 0.9 sq mi of land.
- Land area rank: Windy Hills's 0.9 square miles rank 234th of 416 places in Kentucky.
- Within Kentucky: about 0.1% of the state's population lives in Windy Hills.
- National rank: Windy Hills is the 6,981st most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Windy Hills ranks 252nd among Kentucky's 416 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Versus Kentucky: the state average change is -0.2%, while Windy Hills moved 1.1%.
- Density in Kentucky: Windy Hills ranks 84th by people per square mile.
- Density vs Kentucky: Windy Hills's 2,612 people per square mile compare with a state median of 1,045.
- Location: 38.2717, -85.6396 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Graymoor-Devondale (1 mi); St. Matthews (2 mi); Indian Hills (2 mi); Lyndon (3 mi); Hurstbourne (3 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Windy Hills.
- Smaller places close by: Crossgate (1 mi); Maryhill Estates (1 mi); Woodlawn Park (1 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 130 smaller Census places.
- Within 100 miles: 172 places are larger than Windy Hills.
The state rulebook for Windy Hills
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Kentucky, and so for Windy Hills's roughly 2,403 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Source says: "The Department of Financial Institutions' mission is to serve Kentucky residents by promoting access to a stable financial industry, implementing effective and efficient regulatory oversight". | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted under license (deferred deposit service business; payday loans) Source says: "The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has secured the services of Veritec Solutions, LLC to provide a common database with real-time access for deferred deposit transactions". | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer Loan Company license required (KRS Chapter 286.4) Source says: "How to License a Consumer Loan Company: 1. Read KRS 286.4 and the applicable administrative regulations under KAR 808, Chapter 6". | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
The anatomy of a Windy Hills personal loan
A Windy Hills personal loan is an installment loan: a lump sum, then fixed monthly payments over a set term, priced off your credit rather than its 2,403 residents. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Windy Hills's rank of 128th in Kentucky: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. Shortening the term on a Windy Hills loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
A pre-application checklist for Windy Hills
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Windy Hills, home to about 2,403 people:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Make sure the lender appears in the Kentucky regulator's licence list.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
- 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 Windy Hills-specific: the same Kentucky licensing and disclosure rules reach all 2,403 residents.
Windy Hills: area, density and distance
Windy Hills covers about 0.9 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer); no significant water area is recorded inside its boundaries. That land carries about 2,612 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Lexington-Fayette, the distance is roughly 66 miles. Within 50 miles of Windy Hills there are 45 larger Census places. Within the same 50 miles lie 130 smaller Census places.
Where Windy Hills sits in Kentucky
Within Kentucky, Windy Hills holds roughly 0.1% of all residents, the 128th-largest share among 416 places. Its 2020-to-2023 change ranks 252nd of 416 Kentucky places, putting it near the 39th percentile for growth. At about 2,612 people per square mile, Windy Hills is the 84th most densely settled place in Kentucky. By land area, its 0.9 square miles rank 234th of 416 places in Kentucky.
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Nearby places
- Crossgate, KY — population 218
- Woodlawn Park, KY — population 932
- Northfield, KY — population 986
- Maryhill Estates, KY — population 181
- Richlawn, KY — population 410
- Beechwood Village, KY — population 1,259
- Glenview Manor, KY — population 205
- Thornhill, KY — population 182