Personal loans in Brown Deer, WI
With an estimated 12,553 residents, Brown Deer is the 77th-largest of 605 places in Wisconsin. A lender serving Brown Deer holds a Wisconsin licence and answers to a Wisconsin regulator; no city office is involved for its 12,553 residents.
A 2020-to-2023 comparison shows Brown Deer up by about 0.3%. Price two or three terms so you can see which payment is truly affordable in Brown Deer. Lenders active in Brown Deer report to a Wisconsin supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. The nearest larger city is Mequon, WI about 3 miles away.
Borrowing in Brown Deer: the local picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Wisconsin table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: an estimated 12,553 residents, 77th of 605 places in Wisconsin (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Higher by roughly 0.3% since the 2020 count.
- Absolute change: 38 residents added between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: roughly 87% of Wisconsin's places have fewer residents than Brown Deer's 12,553.
- Population density: 2,856 people per square mile on 4.4 square miles of land.
- Land area: Brown Deer covers 4.4 square miles, the 166th-largest area among Wisconsin's 605 places.
- Within Wisconsin: about 0.3% of the state's population lives in Brown Deer.
- National rank: Brown Deer sits 2,687th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Brown Deer ranks 227th among Wisconsin's 605 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Wisconsin's places average +0.4% for 2020-to-2023, against Brown Deer's 0.3%.
- Density rank: Brown Deer places 23rd among Wisconsin's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Brown Deer's 2,856 people per square mile sit against a Wisconsin median of 800.
- Location: 43.1743, -87.9750 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Mequon (3 mi); Glendale (4 mi); Whitefish Bay (6 mi); Shorewood (7 mi); Menomonee Falls (7 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Smaller places close by: River Hills (2 mi); Bayside (4 mi); Fox Point (4 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 94 places smaller than Brown Deer sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 165 places are larger than Brown Deer.
Steps to take before a Brown Deer loan
Before you hand your details to a lender in Brown Deer, where the population is near 12,553:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Verify the lender's Wisconsin licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing.
- Check that the monthly payment fits your budget next to your existing obligations.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
What differs between Brown Deer and the rest of Wisconsin is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 12,553 people here.
Brown Deer on the map
Brown Deer's land area is roughly 4.4 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. The resulting density is about 2,856 people per square mile. The largest place in Wisconsin, Milwaukee, lies about 8 miles away. A 50-mile radius around Brown Deer takes in 38 places that are larger. By land area it ranks 166th of 605 Wisconsin places.
Wisconsin consumer-lending rules applied in Brown Deer
Below are the Wisconsin rules that apply to a loan made in Brown Deer, each with the regulator that issued it.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
How a Brown Deer personal loan is priced
With roughly 12,553 residents, Brown Deer is a small town; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Brown Deer. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Brown Deer loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
How lenders reach Brown Deer
Brown Deer is fairly dense, with about 2,856 people per square mile and 38 larger places within 50 miles. What is available to Brown Deer's 12,553 borrowers is set by Wisconsin licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. The nearest larger city, Mequon, WI about 3 miles away.
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Nearby places
- River Hills, WI — population 1,563
- Mequon, WI — population 25,489
- Thiensville, WI — population 3,284
- Glendale, WI — population 12,919
- Bayside, WI — population 4,369
- Fox Point, WI — population 6,608
- Whitefish Bay, WI — population 14,553
- Milwaukee, WI — population 561,385