Personal loans in Church Point, LA
A lender serving Church Point holds a Louisiana licence and answers to a Louisiana regulator; no city office is involved for its 4,030 residents.
An estimated 4,030 people make their home in Church Point, a figure that ranks 71st in Louisiana. The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 3.7% decline in Church Point. State law, rather than federal rules alone, supplies the rate caps and licensing rules that reach Church Point's 4,030 residents. Verify the lender's Louisiana licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Church Point. The nearest larger city is Opelousas, LA about 12 miles away.
Church Point: population, trend and location
Set out below is Church Point's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: an estimated 4,030 residents, 71st of 302 places in Louisiana (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Down about 3.7% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Net change: roughly 153 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: Church Point's 4,030 people outrank roughly 76% of the places in Louisiana.
- Population density: about 1,393 people per square mile across 2.9 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- Land area rank: Church Point's 2.9 square miles rank 134th of 302 places in Louisiana.
- State share: roughly 0.2% of Louisiana's residents live in Church Point (4,030 people).
- National standing: Church Point ranks 5,437th of 19,457 US places.
- Growth in Louisiana: Church Point stands 182nd by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 302 places.
- Against the state trend: Church Point's 3.7% change compares with a Louisiana average of -2.1% across its 302 places.
- Density rank: Church Point places 54th among Louisiana's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Church Point's 1,393 people per square mile sit against a Louisiana median of 534.
- Location: 30.4037, -92.2145 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Opelousas (12 mi); Rayne (12 mi); Carencro (12 mi); Scott (13 mi); Eunice (14 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller towns nearby: Cankton (7 mi); Sunset (9 mi); Grand Coteau (10 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 55 places smaller than Church Point sit within 50 miles.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 45.
Louisiana consumer-lending rules applied in Church Point
These are Louisiana's sourced lending facts as they reach Church Point's 4,030 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions (OFI), Non-Depository Division Source says: "OFI is responsible for the supervision of various entities which provide financial services to the citizens of the State of Louisiana." | Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Licensed-lender consumer loan finance charge caps | 36% first $1,400; 27% to $4,000; 24% to $7,000; 21% above (R.S. 9:3519(A)) Source says: "Thirty-six percent per year for that portion of the unpaid principal amount of the loan not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars" | Louisiana State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 12% per annum maximum conventional interest (La. R.S. 9:3500(C)(1)) Source says: "The amount of the conventional interest cannot exceed twelve percent per annum." | Louisiana State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
Church Point against the rest of Louisiana
Among Louisiana's 302 places, Church Point sits at 71st for population, a share of roughly 0.2% of the state. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Church Point stands 182nd among Louisiana's 302 places — roughly the 40th percentile. By density, at about 1,393 people per square mile, it ranks 54th in Louisiana. Within 50 miles sit 55 smaller Census places, alongside the 18 that are larger.
A pre-application checklist for Church Point
These steps shape the offer you get in Church Point, a place of about 4,030 people:
- Pull your credit reports first and correct any error before a lender sees the file.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Gather at least three pre-qualified offers and line up the APR, not the headline rate.
- Confirm the lender holds a Louisiana licence by checking the regulator named above.
- 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 Church Point and the rest of Louisiana is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 4,030 people here.
Inside a Church Point personal loan
With roughly 4,030 residents, Church Point is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Church Point can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. Shortening the term on a Church Point loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
The geography behind Church Point
Inside Church Point's boundaries lie about 2.9 square miles of land, with no significant water area recorded. Spread across it are roughly 1,393 residents per square mile. New Orleans, the largest place in Louisiana, is about 138 miles from Church Point. Counting outward 50 miles, 18 larger communities surround Church Point. The 100-mile radius contains 45 larger places.
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Nearby places
- Cankton, LA — population 580
- Sunset, LA — population 3,088
- Duson, LA — population 1,316
- Grand Coteau, LA — population 763
- Rayne, LA — population 6,986
- Opelousas, LA — population 15,390
- Chataignier, LA — population 256
- Carencro, LA — population 12,639