Personal loans in Williams Bay, WI
A single loan can carry different costs on either side of a state line, and Williams Bay sits on the Wisconsin side of that line.
A personal loan in Williams Bay is priced from your credit file and income, not from the fact that the city holds 2,981 people. With 2,981 residents, Williams Bay outranks about 65% of the communities in Wisconsin. Williams Bay gained roughly 0.9% in population across the 2020-to-2023 comparison. Rate-shopping from Williams Bay costs nothing at pre-qualification, where a soft pull leaves your credit file alone. The next larger city is Delavan, WI about 6 miles away.
Williams Bay: population, trend and location
Set out below is Williams Bay's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: 2,981 people, a figure that places Williams Bay 214th among the 605 Census places in Wisconsin (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Growth of about 0.9% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- People gained or lost: about 26 more since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: Williams Bay's 2,981 people outrank roughly 65% of the places in Wisconsin.
- Population density: 1,073 people per square mile on 2.8 square miles of land.
- By land area: Williams Bay ranks 250th among Wisconsin's 605 places, at 2.8 sq mi.
- Share of Wisconsin: Williams Bay holds about 0.1% of the state's population, some 2,981 people.
- National rank: Williams Bay is the 6,308th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Williams Bay ranks 170th among Wisconsin's 605 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Versus Wisconsin: the state average change is +0.4%, while Williams Bay moved 0.9%.
- Density rank: Williams Bay is the 203rd most densely settled place in Wisconsin.
- Against the state median: Williams Bay runs about 1,073 residents per square mile, where the Wisconsin median is 800.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 42.5788, -88.5457.
- Nearest larger cities: Delavan (6 mi); Lake Geneva (6 mi); Elkhorn (6 mi); Bloomfield (10 mi); Harvard (11 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller communities close by: Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (3 mi); Walworth (4 mi); Darien (9 mi), each with its own Census population profile.
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 71 of them.
- At 100 miles: 408 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
How lenders reach Williams Bay
Williams Bay is a moderately settled community of about 2,981 people, with 174 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. A Wisconsin licence lets a lender serve Williams Bay without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 2,981 residents are offered. For a larger market, the closest option is Delavan, WI about 6 miles away.
How Williams Bay compares across Wisconsin
Set beside Wisconsin's 605 places, Williams Bay ranks 214th by population and holds about 0.1% of the state total. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Williams Bay ranks 170th of 605 in Wisconsin (about the 72th percentile). By density, at about 1,073 people per square mile, it ranks 203rd in Wisconsin. Within 50 miles sit 71 smaller Census places, alongside the 174 that are larger.
The state rulebook for Williams Bay
This table holds the Wisconsin rate and licensing rules for consumer loans made to Williams Bay's 2,981 residents.
| 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 to do before borrowing in Williams Bay
Before you apply in Williams Bay, a community of about 2,981, work through these steps:
- Pull your credit reports first and correct any error before a lender sees the file.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Check the Wisconsin regulator's records to confirm the lender is licensed here.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
In Williams Bay as elsewhere in Wisconsin, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 2,981 residents.
Williams Bay: area, density and distance
The Census Gazetteer records about 2.8 square miles of land within Williams Bay, with no significant water area listed. Spread across it are roughly 1,073 residents per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Milwaukee, the distance is roughly 45 miles. Counting outward 50 miles, 174 larger communities surround Williams Bay. The 100-mile radius contains 408 larger places.
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Nearby places
- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI — population 1,890
- Walworth, WI — population 2,803
- Elkhorn, WI — population 10,230
- Delavan, WI — population 8,523
- Lake Geneva, WI — population 8,684
- Hebron, IL — population 1,387
- Harvard, IL — population 9,356
- Darien, WI — population 1,570