Personal loans in Cadwell, GA
For the 419 people in Cadwell, Georgia runs its own consumer-lending licensing, and the sourced table below lists the figures that apply. With an estimated 419 residents, Cadwell is the 411th-largest of 536 places in Georgia.
Two households in Cadwell with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates; the city's 419 residents are not the reason. Population in Cadwell climbed about 9.7% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. Compare APR, not the interest rate, because the APR folds in most fees on a Cadwell loan. The nearest larger city is Dexter, GA about 7 miles away.
Borrowing in Cadwell: the local picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Georgia table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: an estimated 419 residents, 411th of 536 places in Georgia (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: About 9.7% above the 2020 Census base.
- Absolute change: 37 residents added between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: Cadwell's 419 people outrank roughly 23% of the places in Georgia.
- Population density: about 334 people per square mile (Census land area 1.3 sq mi).
- By land area: Cadwell ranks 423rd among Georgia's 536 places, at 1.3 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Cadwell ranks 215th among Georgia's 536 places, with 0.03 sq mi.
- Share of Georgia: Cadwell holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 419 people.
- Nationally: Cadwell is the 13,898th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth in Georgia: Cadwell stands 71st by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 536 places.
- Against the state trend: Cadwell's 9.7% change compares with a Georgia average of +3.4% across its 536 places.
- Density rank: Cadwell places 362nd among Georgia's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Georgia: Cadwell's 334 people per square mile compare with a state median of 536.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 32.3401, -83.0406.
- Nearest larger cities: Dexter (7 mi); Chester (8 mi); Eastman (12 mi); Dudley (14 mi); Dublin (15 mi). Online lenders reach Cadwell no matter how far the nearest branch is.
- Nearest smaller towns: Rentz (4 mi); Chauncey (16 mi); Montrose (16 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 25 places smaller than Cadwell sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 166 places are larger than Cadwell.
What a Cadwell borrower is actually offered
With roughly 419 residents, Cadwell is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Cadwell's rank of 411th in Georgia: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. The term you choose in Cadwell decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Cadwell: area, density and distance
Cadwell's land area is about 1.3 square miles; a further 0.03 square miles is water. With 419 residents, the land area yields roughly 334 people per square mile. The largest place in Georgia, Atlanta, lies about 127 miles away. Cadwell has 43 larger places within a 50-mile radius. The 100-mile radius contains 166 larger places.
What to do before borrowing in Cadwell
Before you apply in Cadwell, a community of about 419, work through these steps:
- 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.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Look the lender up in the Georgia regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
- When debt already feels heavy, a nonprofit credit counsellor is worth a call first.
- Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing.
What differs between Cadwell and the rest of Georgia is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 419 people here.
How Cadwell compares across Georgia
Cadwell is the 411th-largest of 536 Census places in Georgia and contains about 0.0% of the state's people. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Cadwell stands 71st among Georgia's 536 places — roughly the 87th percentile. Its roughly 334 residents per square mile place it 362nd among Georgia's places. By land area, its 1.3 square miles rank 423rd of 536 places in Georgia.
The state rulebook for Cadwell
For the roughly 419 residents of Cadwell, the rules below are Georgia's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (DBF) Source says: "The Non-depository division supervises mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, and mortgage loan originators, as well as installment lenders, check cashers, and money transmitters". | Georgia Department of Banking and Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | See the latest published figure value_text left null: Georgia's rate ceilings are set by O.C.G.A. Title 7, Chapter 4 (O.C.G.A. §§ 7-4-1 to 7-4-21); the Department of Banking and Finance does not publish the figure and the official code host could not be fetched, so no figure is asserted. | Georgia Department of Banking and Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Prohibited (payday lending illegal in Georgia) Source says: "Payday lending is illegal in Georgia." | Georgia Department of Banking and Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Rentz, GA — population 314
- Dexter, GA — population 663
- Chester, GA — population 1,477
- Eastman, GA — population 5,568
- Dudley, GA — population 595
- Dublin, GA — population 16,008
- Chauncey, GA — population 287
- Montrose, GA — population 206