Personal loans in Lafayette, CO
Lafayette, Colorado — home to about 30,439 people — is a smaller city, so the terms you are offered follow Colorado law rather than any local rule. Lafayette is one of 270 Census places in Colorado; its 30,439 residents put it at 27th.
Population in Lafayette climbed about 0.1% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. Work out your debt-to-income ratio first; lenders weigh it heavily, and Lafayette's 30,439 residents are no exception. The closest larger place is Broomfield, CO about 4 miles away. Lenders active in Lafayette report to a Colorado supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below.
Lafayette: the sourced local profile
The figures below are Lafayette's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the Colorado rules.
- Population: about 30,439 people live here, which puts Lafayette 27th of 270 Census places in Colorado (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A gain of roughly 0.1% between 2020 and 2023.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a gain of about 30 residents.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 90% of the places in Colorado, with 30,439 residents in Lafayette.
- Population density: about 3,289 people per square mile (Census land area 9.3 sq mi).
- By land area: Lafayette ranks 51st among Colorado's 270 places, at 9.3 sq mi.
- Water: Lafayette holds about 0.20 square miles, the 28th-largest water area in Colorado.
- State share: roughly 0.7% of Colorado's residents live in Lafayette (30,439 people).
- National rank: Lafayette is the 1,296th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Lafayette ranks 118th among Colorado's 270 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Colorado's places average +2.3% for 2020-to-2023, against Lafayette's 0.1%.
- Density in Colorado: Lafayette ranks 18th by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Lafayette's 3,289 people per square mile sit against a Colorado median of 1,126.
- Location: 39.9948 / -105.0997, per the US Census Bureau Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Broomfield (4 mi); Erie (5 mi); Westminster (8 mi); Boulder (8 mi); Northglenn (8 mi). A branch is convenient; it is not what sets your APR.
- Nearest smaller towns: Louisville (3 mi); Superior (5 mi); Dacono (9 mi) — useful context for the surrounding area.
- Within a 50-mile radius: 57 smaller Census places.
- Within 100 miles: 26 places are larger than Lafayette.
The Colorado lending rules that reach Lafayette
When Colorado does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Lafayette is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Colorado Attorney General's Office — Consumer Credit Unit (Administrator of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code) Source says: "The Consumer Credit Unit regulates (through licensure/registration programs) companies and individuals involved in consumer lending"; it "licenses non-bank lenders such as finance companies and payday lenders". | Colorado Attorney General — Consumer Protection Section as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Supervised lender license required from the UCCC Administrator (master license required for more than one place of business); deferred deposit lenders must hold a supervised lender's license Source says: "if a supervised lender has more than one place of business, they must obtain a master license"; "no person shall engage in the business of deferred deposit loans without having first obtained a supervised lender's license" (C.R.S. § 5-3.1-116). | Colorado Attorney General — Uniform Consumer Credit Code licensing as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | UCCC finance-charge ceilings: 12% per year on non-supervised consumer loans; supervised loans 36% on the first $1,000, 21% on $1,000–$3,000, 15% above $3,000 (or 21% flat); 21% on revolving accounts Source says: "not exceeding twelve percent per year on the unpaid balance of the amount financed"; "Thirty-six percent per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the amount financed that is one thousand dollars or less"; "Twenty-one percent per year on the unpaid balances of the amount financed". | Colorado General Assembly — C.R.S. § 5-2-201 (Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Title 5) as of 2026-09-16 |
Land, water and location for Lafayette
Lafayette's land area is about 9.3 square miles; a further 0.20 square miles is water. The resulting density is about 3,289 people per square mile. Denver, the largest place in Colorado, is about 20 miles from Lafayette. A 50-mile radius around Lafayette takes in 23 places that are larger. By land area it ranks 51st of 270 Colorado places.
Where Lafayette sits in Colorado
Lafayette is the 27th-largest of 270 Census places in Colorado and contains about 0.7% of the state's people. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Lafayette stands 118th among Colorado's 270 places — roughly the 56th percentile. By density, at about 3,289 people per square mile, it ranks 18th in Colorado. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 30 residents.
What a Lafayette borrower is actually offered
In Lafayette, a smaller city of about 30,439, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Lafayette. The term you choose in Lafayette decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Getting a loan in Lafayette
With about 3,289 residents per square mile, Lafayette is fairly dense, and 23 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. What is available to Lafayette's 30,439 borrowers is set by Colorado licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. The nearest larger city, Broomfield, CO about 4 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Louisville, CO — population 20,390
- Broomfield, CO — population 76,860
- Erie, CO — population 35,269
- Superior, CO — population 13,361
- Westminster, CO — population 114,875
- Northglenn, CO — population 38,164
- Boulder, CO — population 105,898
- Federal Heights, CO — population 13,943