Personal loans in Cokedale, CO
The question that matters first in Cokedale, Colorado is not the rate on offer but whether the payment leaves room in your budget. Cokedale ranks 248th of 270 places in Colorado, with a population near 127. The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 0.8% growth. To lend to consumers in Colorado, a company must hold a state licence, and each sourced row below names the regulator behind it. Verify the lender's Colorado licence against the regulator named below. The next larger city is Trinidad, CO about 7 miles away.
Borrowing in Cokedale: the local picture
What follows is Cokedale's place in the Census record, alongside the Colorado rules that govern a personal loan made here.
- Population: about 127, ranked 248th of 270 places in Colorado (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Roughly 0.8% more residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: roughly 8% of Colorado places rank below it.
- Location: mapped by the US Census Bureau at 37.1442, -104.6216.
- Nearest larger cities: Trinidad (7 mi); Aguilar (18 mi); Raton (21 mi); La Veta (33 mi); Walsenburg (35 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Nearest smaller towns: Starkville (6 mi); Branson (42 mi); Folsom (44 mi).
What Colorado law requires in Cokedale
These are Colorado's sourced lending facts as they apply in Cokedale; the state has no separate city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Colorado Attorney General's Office — Consumer Credit Unit (Administrator of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code) Source says: "The Consumer Credit Unit regulates (through licensure/registration programs) companies and individuals involved in consumer lending"; it "licenses non-bank lenders such as finance companies and payday lenders". | Colorado Attorney General — Consumer Protection Section as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | UCCC finance-charge ceilings: 12% per year on non-supervised consumer loans; supervised loans 36% on the first $1,000, 21% on $1,000–$3,000, 15% above $3,000 (or 21% flat); 21% on revolving accounts Source says: "not exceeding twelve percent per year on the unpaid balance of the amount financed"; "Thirty-six percent per year on that part of the unpaid balances of the amount financed that is one thousand dollars or less"; "Twenty-one percent per year on the unpaid balances of the amount financed". | Colorado General Assembly — C.R.S. § 5-2-201 (Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Title 5) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted but capped at 36% APR (Proposition 111, effective February 1, 2019) Source says: "a finance charge for each deferred deposit loan or payday loan that must not exceed an annual percentage rate of thirty-six percent". | Colorado General Assembly — C.R.S. § 5-3.1-105 (Deferred Deposit Loan Act) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Supervised lender license required from the UCCC Administrator (master license required for more than one place of business); deferred deposit lenders must hold a supervised lender's license Source says: "if a supervised lender has more than one place of business, they must obtain a master license"; "no person shall engage in the business of deferred deposit loans without having first obtained a supervised lender's license" (C.R.S. § 5-3.1-116). | Colorado Attorney General — Uniform Consumer Credit Code licensing as of 2026-09-16 |
What a Cokedale personal loan looks like
A personal loan can fold higher-rate debt together, fund a planned expense, or absorb a one-off cost — provided the payment fits without new borrowing. The familiar mistake is to move a card balance into a personal loan and then run the cards back up, which doubles the debt instead of clearing it. If the numbers do not work at a comfortable payment, the right answer may be not to borrow at all.
A pre-application checklist for Cokedale
Before you apply in Cokedale, complete these steps:
- 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.
- Confirm the lender holds a Colorado licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
Common questions
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Nearby places
- Starkville, CO — population 65
- Trinidad, CO — population 8,216
- Aguilar, CO — population 449
- Raton, NM — population 5,978
- Walsenburg, CO — population 3,085
- La Veta, CO — population 878
- Maxwell, NM — population 223
- Cimarron, NM — population 789