Personal loans in Lake Odessa, MI
At about 2,065 residents, Lake Odessa is larger than roughly 54% of the places in Michigan. For a borrower among the roughly 2,065 residents of Lake Odessa, a personal loan is a tool whose cost turns on the terms, not the address.
The trend for Lake Odessa between 2020 and 2023 is upward by roughly 0.8%. Decide the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before sharing any details with a Lake Odessa lender. Which products a lender may offer to Lake Odessa's 2,065 residents follows from the Michigan consumer-lending framework. The nearest larger metro is Hastings, MI about 12 miles away.
Borrowing in Lake Odessa: the local picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Michigan table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: an estimated 2,065 residents, 244th of 533 places in Michigan (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Higher by roughly 0.8% since the 2020 count.
- Net change: roughly 17 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: about 54% of Michigan communities are smaller than Lake Odessa (2,065 residents).
- Population density: about 2,320 people per square mile across 0.9 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- By land area: Lake Odessa ranks 458th among Michigan's 533 places, at 0.9 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Michigan's residents live in Lake Odessa (2,065 people).
- Nationally: Lake Odessa is the 7,506th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Lake Odessa's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 125th of 533 places in Michigan.
- State comparison: Michigan's places average -0.3% for 2020-to-2023, against Lake Odessa's 0.8%.
- Density rank: Lake Odessa places 97th among Michigan's places by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Lake Odessa runs about 2,320 residents per square mile, where the Michigan median is 1,078.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 42.7829, -85.1375.
- Nearest larger cities: Hastings (12 mi); Portland (13 mi); Ionia (14 mi); Lowell (15 mi); Middleville (17 mi). A branch is convenient; it is not what sets your APR.
- Smaller communities within reach: Woodland (4 mi); Clarksville (7 mi); Sunfield (7 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 57 of them.
- At 100 miles: 170 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Getting a loan in Lake Odessa
With about 2,320 residents per square mile, Lake Odessa is fairly dense, and 44 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Lake Odessa's 2,065 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. The nearest larger city, Hastings, MI about 12 miles away.
A practical checklist for Lake Odessa borrowers
Complete these steps first when you borrow in Lake Odessa (2,065 residents):
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Model the payment on the calculator before a lender models it for you.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Verify the lender's Michigan licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
- Do not borrow more than the expense calls for, even if a lender approves a larger amount.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
The process is identical across Michigan; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Lake Odessa holds 2,065 people.
What Michigan law requires in Lake Odessa
Every row below records a Michigan rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Lake Odessa lender must follow.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Source says: ""Department" means the department of insurance and financial services" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | License required from the commissioner to make regulated loans (Regulatory Loan Act, MCL 493.1 et seq.) Source says: "a person shall not engage in the business of making loans of money ... without first obtaining a license from the commissioner" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Regulated lender interest/finance charge cap | 25% per annum (Credit Reform Act, MCL 445.1854(1)) Source says: "may charge, collect, and receive any rate of interest or finance charge for an extension of credit not to exceed 25% per annum" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
Lake Odessa against the rest of Michigan
Against Michigan's other places, Lake Odessa accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 244th of 533 by size. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Lake Odessa stands 125th among Michigan's 533 places — roughly the 77th percentile. At about 2,320 people per square mile, Lake Odessa is the 97th most densely settled place in Michigan. By land area, its 0.9 square miles rank 458th of 533 places in Michigan.
The geography behind Lake Odessa
The Census Gazetteer records about 0.9 square miles of land within Lake Odessa, with no significant water area listed. That land carries about 2,320 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Detroit, is roughly 107 miles away. Lake Odessa has 44 larger places within a 50-mile radius. Within the same 50 miles lie 57 smaller Census places.
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Nearby places
- Woodland, MI — population 424
- Clarksville, MI — population 399
- Sunfield, MI — population 538
- Saranac, MI — population 1,381
- Freeport, MI — population 550
- Nashville, MI — population 1,611
- Vermontville, MI — population 747
- Hastings, MI — population 7,512