Personal loans in Crofton, NE
A lender serving Crofton holds a Nebraska licence and answers to a Nebraska regulator; no city office is involved for its 759 residents. With an estimated 759 residents, Crofton is the 148th-largest of 527 places in Nebraska.
Pull your credit reports and line up at least three offers before you apply from Crofton. The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 0.4% growth in Crofton. Rate ceilings, licensing requirements and product limits for Crofton are all set at the Nebraska level. The closest larger place is Bloomfield, NE about 12 miles away.
What the Census records for Crofton
Only a few things actually differ by place — population, area, location, and the Nebraska rules a lender must follow — and they are below.
- Population: 759 — Crofton ranks 148th of 527 communities in Nebraska (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Roughly 0.4% more residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Net change: roughly 3 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: roughly 72% of Nebraska's places have fewer residents than Crofton's 759.
- Density: the Census land area of 0.6 sq mi holds about 1,186 people per square mile.
- Land area rank: Crofton's 0.6 square miles rank 176th of 527 places in Nebraska.
- Within Nebraska: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Crofton.
- National rank: Crofton sits 11,416th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Crofton ranks 163rd among Nebraska's 527 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Nebraska's places average -0.6% for 2020-to-2023, against Crofton's 0.4%.
- Density in Nebraska: Crofton ranks 143rd by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Crofton's 1,186 people per square mile sit against a Nebraska median of 830.
- Location: mapped by the US Census Bureau at 42.7316, -97.4986.
- Nearest larger cities: Bloomfield (12 mi); Yankton (12 mi); Hartington (14 mi); Springfield (22 mi); Randolph (25 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Crofton.
- Smaller places close by: Fordyce (7 mi); St. Helena (14 mi); Wausa (16 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 51 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 103.
What a Crofton borrower is actually offered
In Crofton, a small community of about 759, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Crofton can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Crofton loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
A practical checklist for Crofton borrowers
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Crofton, home to about 759 people:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Look the lender up in the Nebraska regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
- If debt is already a struggle, talk to a nonprofit credit counsellor before borrowing more.
The process is identical across Nebraska; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Crofton holds 759 people.
Getting a loan in Crofton
At roughly 1,186 people per square mile, Crofton is moderately settled; 28 larger places lie within 50 miles. A Nebraska licence lets a lender serve Crofton without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 759 residents are offered. The nearest larger city, Bloomfield, NE about 12 miles away.
What Nebraska law requires in Crofton
When Nebraska does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Crofton is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance (NDBF) Source says: "The Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance is a state agency under the direct supervision of the Governor." | Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Delayed deposit services (payday) licensing administration | NDBF publishes delayed deposit services license guidelines, statutes, and a licensed-business search Source says: "Delayed Deposit Services (Payday Lenders)" | Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 16% per annum maximum on agreed interest (unpaid principal balance) Source says: "any rate of interest which may be agreed upon, not exceeding sixteen percent per annum on the unpaid principal balance, shall be valid" | Nebraska Legislature (Nebraska Revised Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
The geography behind Crofton
Inside Crofton's boundaries lie about 0.6 square miles of land, with no significant water area recorded. The resulting density is about 1,186 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Omaha, is roughly 126 miles away. Within 50 miles of Crofton there are 28 larger Census places. By land area it ranks 176th of 527 Nebraska places.
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Nearby places
- Fordyce, NE — population 133
- Yankton, SD — population 15,630
- Bloomfield, NE — population 951
- Wausa, NE — population 578
- Utica, SD — population 71
- Hartington, NE — population 1,499
- St. Helena, NE — population 89
- Tabor, SD — population 403