Personal loans in Champlain, NY
Champlain is one of 595 Census places in New York; its 1,142 residents put it at 399th. A personal loan in Champlain is priced from your credit file and income, not from the fact that the city holds 1,142 people.
For a community of about 1,142, the practical step is to compare APR across at least three lenders before committing. State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Champlain's roughly 1,142 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. The trend for Champlain between 2020 and 2023 is downward by roughly 2.3%. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Rouses Point, NY about 3 miles away.
Champlain: population, trend and location
Only a few things actually differ by place — population, area, location, and the New York rules a lender must follow — and they are below.
- Population: the Census counts 1,142 residents in Champlain (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 399th-largest figure among New York's 595 places.
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is negative, near 2.3%.
- People gained or lost: about 27 fewer since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: roughly 33% of New York places rank below Champlain.
- Land and density: 1.5 square miles of land carry roughly 784 residents per square mile.
- By land area: Champlain ranks 283rd among New York's 595 places, at 1.5 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Champlain ranks 220th among New York's 595 places, with 0.04 sq mi.
- Within New York: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Champlain.
- National rank: Champlain sits 9,727th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Champlain ranks 466th among New York's 595 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Against the state trend: Champlain's 2.3% change compares with a New York average of -1.1% across its 595 places.
- Density rank: Champlain places 453rd among New York's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Champlain's 784 people per square mile sit against a New York median of 1,515.
- Location: 44.9883, -73.4324 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Rouses Point (3 mi); Swanton (16 mi); Plattsburgh (21 mi); St. Albans (21 mi); Dannemora (23 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller towns nearby: Alburgh (6 mi); Chateaugay (32 mi); Cambridge (36 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 6 places smaller than Champlain sit within 50 miles.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 27.
How personal loans work in Champlain
Champlain is a small community of about 1,142 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 Champlain. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Champlain loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
Where Champlain sits
Champlain's land area is about 1.5 square miles; a further 0.04 square miles is water. With 1,142 residents, the land area yields roughly 784 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, New York, the distance is roughly 300 miles. Counting outward 50 miles, 12 larger communities surround Champlain. Within the same 50 miles lie 6 smaller Census places.
Lender access in Champlain
Champlain is moderately settled, with about 784 people per square mile and 12 larger places within 50 miles. Whether Champlain has a local branch or not, a New York-licensed lender can serve its 1,142 people online on the same terms. The nearest larger city, Rouses Point, NY about 3 miles away.
A pre-application checklist for Champlain
Before you hand your details to a lender in Champlain, where the population is near 1,142:
- Start with the credit file: order the reports, fix the errors, then apply.
- Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
- Gather at least three pre-qualified offers and line up the APR, not the headline rate.
- Verify the lender's New York licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
What differs between Champlain and the rest of New York is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 1,142 people here.
The New York lending rules that reach Champlain
When New York does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Champlain is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Source says: "Notify the Department of Financial Services at (800) 342-3736 if you believe payday loans are being made in New York" | New York State Department of Financial Services as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Licensed Lender license required (Banking Law Article 9, sections 340-361); administered via NMLS Source says: "The Department of Financial Services uses the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry (NMLS) to manage the Licensed Lender License." | New York State Department of Financial Services as of 2026-09-16 |
| Criminal usury in the second degree (Penal Law 190.40) | Interest rate exceeding 25% per annum; class E felony Source says: "at a rate exceeding twenty-five per centum per annum or the equivalent rate for a longer or shorter period" | New York State Senate (Open Legislation) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Rouses Point, NY — population 2,210
- Alburgh, VT — population 609
- Plattsburgh, NY — population 19,867
- Swanton, VT — population 2,385
- St. Albans, VT — population 6,935
- Dannemora, NY — population 2,343
- Burlington, VT — population 44,528
- Winooski, VT — population 8,251