Personal loans in Hazel, SD

Hazel: population, trend and location

Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced South Dakota table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.

• Population: an estimated 102 residents, 227th of 309 places in South Dakota (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
• Population trend: About 1.0% below the 2020 Census base.
• Absolute change: 1 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
• Size percentile: with 102 residents, Hazel is larger than about 27% of South Dakota's Census places.
• Density: roughly 421 residents per square mile, spread over 0.2 sq mi of land.
• Land area: Hazel covers 0.2 square miles, the 274th-largest area among South Dakota's 309 places.
• Within South Dakota: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Hazel.
• National rank: Hazel is the 18,091st most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
• Growth rank: Hazel ranks 202nd among South Dakota's 309 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
• Against the state trend: Hazel's 1.0% change compares with a South Dakota average of +0.9% across its 309 places.
• Density rank: Hazel is the 185th most densely settled place in South Dakota.
• Density vs South Dakota: Hazel's 421 people per square mile compare with a state median of 581.
• Location: coordinates 44.7582, -97.3810 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
• Nearest larger cities: Henry (9 mi); Hayti (11 mi); Bryant (12 mi); Lake Norden (15 mi); Watertown (15 mi). Lenders licensed in the state serve Hazel whether or not they keep a local branch.
• Smaller communities close by: Naples (7 mi); Vienna (7 mi); Garden City (17 mi), each with its own Census population profile.
• Within a 50-mile radius: 25 smaller Census places.
• Within 100 miles: 192 places are larger than Hazel.

Hazel in state context

Hazel is the 227th-largest of 309 Census places in South Dakota and contains about 0.0% of the state's people. Its 2020-to-2023 change ranks 202nd of 309 South Dakota places, putting it near the 35th percentile for growth. By density, at about 421 people per square mile, it ranks 185th in South Dakota. The population moved by about 1 people between 2020 and 2023, a 1.0% shift.

Borrowing reach in Hazel

At roughly 421 people per square mile, Hazel is lightly settled; 43 larger places lie within 50 miles. What is available to Hazel's 102 borrowers is set by South Dakota licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. The nearest bigger place is Henry, SD about 9 miles away.

A practical checklist for Hazel borrowers

Before you hand your details to a lender in Hazel, where the population is near 102:

1. Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
2. Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
3. Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
4. Look the lender up in the South Dakota regulator's licence records before you sign.
5. Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
6. Do not borrow more than the expense calls for, even if a lender approves a larger amount.
7. Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.

The process is identical across South Dakota; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Hazel holds 102 people.

The anatomy of a Hazel personal loan

A Hazel personal loan is an installment loan: a lump sum, then fixed monthly payments over a set term, priced off your credit rather than its 102 residents. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Hazel. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Hazel loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.

The state rulebook for Hazel

Read the table as a lender's compliance picture for Hazel: the rule, the sourced figure, the publisher and the date.