Personal loans in Knox, ND
A lender serving Knox holds a North Dakota licence and answers to a North Dakota regulator; no city office is involved for its 20 residents.
Verify the lender's North Dakota licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Knox. With 20 residents, Knox outranks about 8% of the communities in North Dakota. Rate ceilings, licensing requirements and product limits for Knox are all set at the North Dakota level. From the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate, the population declined by about 4.8%. A larger market lies at Wolford, ND about 11 miles away.
Borrowing in Knox: the local picture
Set out below is Knox's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: an estimated 20 residents, 325th of 355 places in North Dakota (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Lower by roughly 4.8% since the 2020 count.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 1 residents.
- Size percentile: about 8% of North Dakota's Census places are smaller than Knox.
- Population density: about 41 people per square mile (Census land area 0.5 sq mi).
- Land area: Knox covers 0.5 square miles, the 196th-largest area among North Dakota's 355 places.
- Share of North Dakota: Knox holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 20 people.
- National rank: Knox is the 19,348th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth in North Dakota: Knox stands 329th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 355 places.
- Against the state trend: Knox's 4.8% change compares with a North Dakota average of -1.2% across its 355 places.
- Density rank: Knox places 327th among North Dakota's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Knox's 41 people per square mile sit against a North Dakota median of 352.
- Location: 48.3439, -99.6911 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Wolford (11 mi); Leeds (12 mi); Rugby (14 mi); Balta (20 mi); Brinsmade (20 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Knox.
- Smaller places close by: York (6 mi); Mylo (20 mi); Perth (28 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 9 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 127.
What to do before borrowing in Knox
Before you hand your details to a lender in Knox, where the population is near 20:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Model the payment on the calculator before a lender models it for you.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Make sure the lender appears in the North Dakota regulator's licence list.
- Check the disclosure for fees that raise the true cost above the quoted rate.
- Check that the monthly payment fits your budget next to your existing obligations.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
None of these steps is Knox-specific: the same North Dakota licensing and disclosure rules reach all 20 residents.
How Knox compares across North Dakota
Against North Dakota's other places, Knox accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 325th of 355 by size. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Knox stands 329th among North Dakota's 355 places — roughly the 7th percentile. Its roughly 41 residents per square mile place it 327th among North Dakota's places. By land area, its 0.5 square miles rank 196th of 355 places in North Dakota.
Which North Dakota laws govern a loan in Knox
For the roughly 20 residents of Knox, the rules below are North Dakota's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions (NDDFI) Source says: "The Department also licenses and regulates Money Brokers... Deferred Presentment Service Providers (Payday Lenders), Collection Agencies, Debt Settlement Service Providers, and Money Transmitters." | North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Usury penalties (state-specific rule) | Usury forfeits all interest plus 25% of principal; charging usurious interest is a class B misdemeanor. Source says: "shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest" and "a forfeiture of twenty-five percent of the principal" (N.D.C.C. 47-14-10); usury is a class B misdemeanor (47-14-11). | North Dakota Legislative Branch as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | Formula ceiling: 6-month U.S. Treasury bill average + 5.5 percentage points, never less than 7%; NDDFI-published rate for September 2026: 9.204%. Source says: "The rate is equal to five and one-half percent (5.5%) higher than the current cost of money" and "the maximum allowable interest rate ceiling may not be less than seven (7) percent" (NDDFI Usury Rate page; September 2026 rate 9.204%). | North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
How a Knox personal loan is priced
With roughly 20 residents, Knox is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. A lender serving Knox's 20 residents must disclose the APR and finance charge in writing before you sign. The term you choose in Knox decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Knox on the map
Knox covers about 0.5 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer); no significant water area is recorded inside its boundaries. Spread across it are roughly 41 residents per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Fargo, is roughly 168 miles away. Knox has 33 larger places within a 50-mile radius. By land area it ranks 196th of 355 North Dakota places.
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Nearby places
- York, ND — population 14
- Wolford, ND — population 43
- Leeds, ND — population 423
- Rugby, ND — population 2,446
- Mylo, ND — population 18
- Esmond, ND — population 88
- Rolette, ND — population 462
- Balta, ND — population 60