Personal loans in Edina, MN
The roughly 53,348 people who live in Edina borrow under Minnesota rules; city hall sets no personal-loan rate. Verify the lender's Minnesota licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Edina.
The Census estimates 53,348 residents in Edina, which ranks it 18th of 853 places in Minnesota. State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Edina's roughly 53,348 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. Population in Edina dropped about 0.2% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. The closest larger city is Bloomington, MN about 5 miles away.
Local context for Edina
Set out below is Edina's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: about 53,348, ranked 18th of 853 places in Minnesota (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Down about 0.2% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Absolute change: 133 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: about 98% of Minnesota's Census places are smaller than Edina.
- Population density: about 3,451 people per square mile (Census land area 15.5 sq mi).
- Land area rank: Edina's 15.5 square miles rank 88th of 853 places in Minnesota.
- Water: Edina holds about 0.50 square miles, the 128th-largest water area in Minnesota.
- Share of Minnesota: Edina holds about 1.1% of the state's population, some 53,348 people.
- National standing: Edina ranks 748th of 19,457 US places.
- Growth rank: Edina's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 373rd of 853 places in Minnesota.
- Against the state trend: Edina's 0.2% change compares with a Minnesota average of +0.1% across its 853 places.
- Density in Minnesota: Edina ranks 23rd by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Edina runs about 3,451 residents per square mile, where the Minnesota median is 607.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 44.8911, -93.3598.
- Nearest larger cities: Bloomington (5 mi); Eden Prairie (6 mi); Minneapolis (7 mi); Burnsville (10 mi); Plymouth (10 mi). Lenders licensed in the state serve Edina whether or not they keep a local branch.
- Smaller communities within reach: Hopkins (3 mi); Richfield (4 mi); St. Louis Park (4 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 205 of them.
- Within 100 miles: 17 places are larger than Edina.
How personal loans work in Edina
With roughly 53,348 residents, Edina is a mid-sized city; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. A lender serving Edina's 53,348 residents must disclose the APR and finance charge in writing before you sign. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Edina loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
Edina on the map
Edina's land area is about 15.5 square miles; a further 0.50 square miles is water. With 53,348 residents, the land area yields roughly 3,451 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Minneapolis, the distance is roughly 7 miles. Edina has 14 larger places within a 50-mile radius. The 100-mile radius contains 17 larger places.
The Edina borrowing checklist
These steps shape the offer you get in Edina, a place of about 53,348 people:
- Pull your credit reports first and correct any error before a lender sees the file.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Make sure the lender appears in the Minnesota regulator's licence list.
- 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.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
What differs between Edina and the rest of Minnesota is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 53,348 people here.
How Edina compares across Minnesota
Set beside Minnesota's 853 places, Edina ranks 18th by population and holds about 1.1% of the state total. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Edina stands 373rd among Minnesota's 853 places — roughly the 56th percentile. Its roughly 3,451 residents per square mile place it 23rd among Minnesota's places. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 133 residents.
Which Minnesota laws govern a loan in Edina
These are Minnesota's sourced lending facts as they reach Edina's 53,348 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Minnesota Department of Commerce (commissioner of commerce) Source says: ""Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 6% per year legal rate of interest; a different rate may be contracted for in writing (Minn. Stat. § 334.01) Source says: "The interest for any legal indebtedness shall be at the rate of $6 upon $100 for a year" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed; APR capped at 36%, or up to 50% with an ability-to-repay analysis (Minn. Stat. §§ 47.60, 47.601, 47.603) Source says: "The cap on that annual percentage rate is set at either 36%, or up to 50% if the lender conducts an ability to repay analysis" | Minnesota Department of Commerce as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Hopkins, MN — population 18,589
- St. Louis Park, MN — population 49,697
- Bloomington, MN — population 87,398
- Richfield, MN — population 36,445
- Golden Valley, MN — population 21,211
- Minnetonka, MN — population 52,463
- Eden Prairie, MN — population 62,166
- Minneapolis, MN — population 425,115