Personal loans in Sharon, WI
By population, Sharon sits at 295th in Wisconsin, with an estimated 1,565 residents. Population in Sharon dropped about 1.3% over the three years from 2020 to 2023.
Two households in Sharon with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates; the city's 1,565 residents are not the reason. Every figure below is Wisconsin's own, applied to Sharon's 1,565 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. Get pre-qualified with several lenders, then compare APR rather than the headline rate for a Sharon loan. The nearest larger metro is Darien, WI about 7 miles away.
Local context for Sharon
Two layers matter for a Sharon borrower: the local population picture and Wisconsin's consumer-lending statutes.
- Population: a Census-estimated 1,565, 295th among Wisconsin's 605 places (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A decline of about 1.3% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- Net change: roughly 21 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: roughly 51% of Wisconsin places rank below Sharon.
- Density: the Census land area of 1.7 sq mi holds about 905 people per square mile.
- Land area: Sharon covers 1.7 square miles, the 353rd-largest area among Wisconsin's 605 places.
- Share of Wisconsin: Sharon holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 1,565 people.
- National rank: Sharon sits 8,548th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth in Wisconsin: Sharon stands 437th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 605 places.
- Versus Wisconsin: the state average change is +0.4%, while Sharon moved 1.3%.
- Density in Wisconsin: Sharon ranks 258th by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Sharon's 905 people per square mile sit against a Wisconsin median of 800.
- Location: 42.4987, -88.7305 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Darien (7 mi); Walworth (7 mi); Harvard (7 mi); Clinton (8 mi); Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (9 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Sharon.
- Nearest smaller towns: Capron (7 mi); Caledonia (12 mi); Timberlane (13 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 54 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 477.
How a Sharon personal loan is priced
Most loans made to Sharon's 1,565 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. Two numbers drive a Sharon loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Sharon loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
Wisconsin consumer-lending rules applied in Sharon
Every row below records a Wisconsin rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Sharon lender must follow.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Licensed lender license required from the Division of Banking (Wis. Stat. § 138.09) Source says: Before any person may do business under this section, that person shall first obtain a license from the division. | Wisconsin State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
Where Sharon sits in Wisconsin
Among Wisconsin's 605 places, Sharon sits at 295th for population, a share of roughly 0.0% of the state. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Sharon ranks 437th of 605 in Wisconsin (about the 28th percentile). Its roughly 905 residents per square mile place it 258th among Wisconsin's places. By land area, its 1.7 square miles rank 353rd of 605 places in Wisconsin.
The Sharon borrowing checklist
These steps shape the offer you get in Sharon, a place of about 1,565 people:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Confirm the Wisconsin licence with the regulator named above before committing.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
None of these steps is Sharon-specific: the same Wisconsin licensing and disclosure rules reach all 1,565 residents.
The geography behind Sharon
The Census Gazetteer records about 1.7 square miles of land within Sharon, with no significant water area listed. Spread across it are roughly 905 residents per square mile. Milwaukee, the largest place in Wisconsin, is about 55 miles from Sharon. A 50-mile radius around Sharon takes in 185 places that are larger. Within the same 50 miles lie 54 smaller Census places.
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Nearby places
- Capron, IL — population 1,395
- Darien, WI — population 1,570
- Harvard, IL — population 9,356
- Walworth, WI — population 2,803
- Clinton, WI — population 2,227
- Delavan, WI — population 8,523
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI — population 1,890
- Poplar Grove, IL — population 5,129