Personal loans in Flushing, MI
Two households in Flushing, Michigan with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates, because each lender weighs a credit file its own way. Flushing is a small town, with roughly 8,243 residents and a size rank of 107th in Michigan. The trend between 2020 and 2023 is downward by roughly 2.0%. A single loan can carry different costs on either side of a state line, because each state sets its own lending rules. Verify the lender's Michigan licence against the regulator named below. A larger market lies at Flint, MI about 8 miles away.
Borrowing in Flushing: the local picture
Here is the sourced Census picture for Flushing, plus the Michigan lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: 8,243 — Flushing ranks 107th of 533 communities in Michigan (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: About 2.0% below the 2020 Census base.
- Size percentile: roughly 80% of Michigan places rank below it.
- Location: 43.0628, -83.8426 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Flint (8 mi); Burton (12 mi); Owosso (17 mi); Fenton (19 mi); Saginaw (25 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Smaller places nearby: Swartz Creek (7 mi); Lennon (7 mi); New Lothrop (7 mi).
What Michigan law requires in Flushing
Each figure in the table below carries a publisher and a date; where the state publishes nothing, we point to the source rather than estimate.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Source says: ""Department" means the department of insurance and financial services" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Regulated lender interest/finance charge cap | 25% per annum (Credit Reform Act, MCL 445.1854(1)) Source says: "may charge, collect, and receive any rate of interest or finance charge for an extension of credit not to exceed 25% per annum" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 7% per annum maximum by written agreement; 5% legal rate (MCL 438.31) Source says: "it shall be lawful for the parties to stipulate in writing for the payment of any rate of interest, not exceeding 7% per annum" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed — deferred presentment service transactions (2005 PA 244; MCL 487.2121 et seq.), licensed and regulated by DIFS Source says: "AN ACT to regulate the business of providing deferred presentment service transactions; to require the licensing of providers of deferred presentment service transactions" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | License required from the commissioner to make regulated loans (Regulatory Loan Act, MCL 493.1 et seq.) Source says: "a person shall not engage in the business of making loans of money ... without first obtaining a license from the commissioner" | Michigan Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
What a Flushing personal loan looks like
Because a personal loan payment is fixed, the total cost is knowable in advance — the main difference from a credit card, where the balance revolves. Deciding what the loan is for, and what you will do differently afterward, matters more than the headline rate. If the payment would strain your budget, a smaller loan or a longer saving period is the safer route.
A pre-application checklist for Flushing
Before you hand your details to a lender in Flushing:
- 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 Michigan licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Check that the monthly payment fits your budget next to your existing obligations.
Common questions
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Nearby places
- Swartz Creek, MI — population 5,840
- Lennon, MI — population 472
- Montrose, MI — population 1,709
- New Lothrop, MI — population 583
- Mount Morris, MI — population 3,092
- Flint, MI — population 79,661
- Clio, MI — population 2,471
- Birch Run, MI — population 1,540