Personal loans in Wisner, NE
A lender that serves Wisner operates under Nebraska lending statutes and a Nebraska supervisor. About 1,228 people live in Wisner, placing it 90th of 527 Census places in Nebraska.
With roughly 1,228 residents, Wisner is a small community, and the lending rules its borrowers live under are written in Nebraska, not by the city. Wisner shed about 0.8% of its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. If debt is already a strain, a nonprofit credit counsellor can help Wisner residents before they take on more. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to West Point, NE about 15 miles away.
Wisner by the numbers
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Nebraska table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 1,228 residents; Wisner is the 90th-largest of 527 places in Nebraska (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Down about 0.8% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Net change: roughly 10 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 83% of the places in Nebraska, with 1,228 residents in Wisner.
- Density: roughly 999 residents per square mile, spread over 1.2 sq mi of land.
- Land area rank: Wisner's 1.2 square miles rank 77th of 527 places in Nebraska.
- Water area: Wisner has 0.03 square miles of water, ranking 34th of 527 places in Nebraska.
- State population share: Wisner accounts for about 0.1% of everyone in Nebraska.
- Nationally: Wisner is the 9,453rd-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Wisner ranks 262nd among Nebraska's 527 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Against the state trend: Wisner's 0.8% change compares with a Nebraska average of -0.6% across its 527 places.
- Density in Nebraska: Wisner ranks 201st by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Wisner runs about 999 residents per square mile, where the Nebraska median is 830.
- Location: 41.9897, -96.9149 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: West Point (15 mi); Stanton (16 mi); Wayne (18 mi); Wakefield (19 mi); Oakland (25 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Wisner.
- Nearest smaller places: Beemer (7 mi); Pilger (7 mi); Pender (13 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 80 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 89.
The Nebraska lending rules that reach Wisner
When Nebraska does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Wisner is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance (NDBF) Source says: "The Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance is a state agency under the direct supervision of the Governor." | Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 16% per annum maximum on agreed interest (unpaid principal balance) Source says: "any rate of interest which may be agreed upon, not exceeding sixteen percent per annum on the unpaid principal balance, shall be valid" | Nebraska Legislature (Nebraska Revised Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Capped at 36% APR (Initiative 428, 2020); violating transactions are void Source says: "A licensee shall not impose an annual percentage rate greater than thirty-six percent in connection with a delayed deposit transaction." | Nebraska Legislature (Nebraska Revised Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
Wisner against the rest of Nebraska
Set beside Nebraska's 527 places, Wisner ranks 90th by population and holds about 0.1% of the state total. Its 2020-to-2023 change ranks 262nd of 527 Nebraska places, putting it near the 50th percentile for growth. By density, at about 999 people per square mile, it ranks 201st in Nebraska. The population moved by about 10 people between 2020 and 2023, a 0.8% shift.
How lenders reach Wisner
Wisner is a moderately settled community of about 1,228 people, with 22 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. A Nebraska licence lets a lender serve Wisner without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 1,228 residents are offered. The nearest bigger place is West Point, NE about 15 miles away.
A practical checklist for Wisner borrowers
Before you hand your details to a lender in Wisner, where the population is near 1,228:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Verify the lender's Nebraska licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
- If the balances are already a strain, seek nonprofit credit counselling before adding a loan.
The process is identical across Nebraska; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Wisner holds 1,228 people.
The geography behind Wisner
Wisner covers about 1.2 square miles of land, with 0.03 square miles of water inside its boundaries (Census Gazetteer). The resulting density is about 999 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Omaha, the distance is roughly 67 miles. Wisner has 22 larger places within a 50-mile radius. The 100-mile radius contains 89 larger places.
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Nearby places
- Beemer, NE — population 640
- Pilger, NE — population 242
- Pender, NE — population 1,053
- West Point, NE — population 3,458
- Wayne, NE — population 6,165
- Dodge, NE — population 575
- Howells, NE — population 561
- Wakefield, NE — population 1,507