Personal loans in Lake Delton, WI
Two households in Lake Delton with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates; the city's 3,629 residents are not the reason.
Decide the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before sharing any details with a Lake Delton lender. The Census estimates 3,629 residents in Lake Delton, which ranks it 186th of 605 places in Wisconsin. Every figure below is Wisconsin's own, applied to Lake Delton's 3,629 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. Lake Delton added about 3.4% to its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. The closest larger city is Baraboo, WI about 9 miles away.
The Lake Delton data picture
What follows is Lake Delton's place in the Census record, alongside the Wisconsin rules that govern a personal loan made here.
- Population: about 3,629, ranked 186th of 605 places in Wisconsin (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Roughly 3.4% more residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a gain of about 121 residents.
- Size percentile: roughly 69% of Wisconsin places rank below Lake Delton.
- Density: the Census land area of 7.6 sq mi holds about 477 people per square mile.
- Land area: Lake Delton covers 7.6 square miles, the 99th-largest area among Wisconsin's 605 places.
- Water: Lake Delton holds about 0.64 square miles, the 58th-largest water area in Wisconsin.
- Share of state population: Lake Delton's 3,629 residents are about 0.1% of Wisconsin.
- Nationally: Lake Delton is the 5,720th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Lake Delton ranks 58th among Wisconsin's 605 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Wisconsin's places average +0.4% for 2020-to-2023, against Lake Delton's 3.4%.
- Density in Wisconsin: Lake Delton ranks 431st by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Lake Delton runs about 477 residents per square mile, where the Wisconsin median is 800.
- Location: coordinates 43.5920, -89.7831 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Baraboo (9 mi); Reedsburg (11 mi); Portage (16 mi); Mauston (21 mi); Prairie du Sac (21 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Smaller places close by: Wisconsin Dells (3 mi); West Baraboo (8 mi); Lyndon Station (10 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 81 places smaller than Lake Delton sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 141 places are larger than Lake Delton.
Lake Delton's place among Wisconsin's 605 places
Lake Delton is the 186th-largest of 605 Census places in Wisconsin and contains about 0.1% of the state's people. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Lake Delton ranks 58th of 605 in Wisconsin (about the 90th percentile). Its roughly 477 residents per square mile place it 431st among Wisconsin's places. The population moved by about 121 people between 2020 and 2023, a 3.4% shift.
The Lake Delton borrowing checklist
Before you apply in Lake Delton, a community of about 3,629, work through these steps:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Look the lender up in the Wisconsin regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Test the payment against your current bills before you commit.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
The process is identical across Wisconsin; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Lake Delton holds 3,629 people.
What a Lake Delton borrower is actually offered
Lake Delton is a small community of about 3,629 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. Two numbers drive a Lake Delton loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. Shortening the term on a Lake Delton loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
Wisconsin consumer-lending rules applied in Lake Delton
Read the table as a lender's compliance picture for Lake Delton: the rule, the sourced figure, the publisher and the date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), Division of Banking Source says: "Department" means the department of financial institutions | Wisconsin State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 12% per year maximum ($12 per $100) on the declining principal balance, except as authorized by other statutes (Wis. Stat. § 138.05(1)(a)) Source says: At the rate of $12 upon $100 for one year computed upon the declining principal balance of the loan or forbearance | Wisconsin State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed by the DFI Division of Banking; statewide database tracking (Wis. Stat. § 138.14) Source says: "Licensee" means a person holding a license issued by the division under sub. (5) | Wisconsin State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
What is available to Lake Delton borrowers
With about 477 residents per square mile, Lake Delton is lightly settled, and 25 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Lake Delton's 3,629 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. The nearest bigger place is Baraboo, WI about 9 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Wisconsin Dells, WI — population 3,344
- West Baraboo, WI — population 1,582
- Baraboo, WI — population 12,554
- North Freedom, WI — population 587
- Lyndon Station, WI — population 484
- Rock Springs, WI — population 325
- Reedsburg, WI — population 10,190
- Merrimac, WI — population 518