Personal loans in Kit Carson, CO
Two households in Kit Carson, Colorado with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates, because each lender weighs a credit file its own way. Roughly 250 residents live in Kit Carson, the 224th-largest community in Colorado. The trend between 2020 and 2023 is downward by roughly 3.8%. Colorado runs its own consumer-lending licensing through a state agency, and the sourced table on this page lists the figures that apply. Verify the lender's Colorado licence against the regulator named below. For a bigger market, look to Eads, CO about 19 miles away.
Borrowing in Kit Carson: the local picture
Set out below is Kit Carson's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: 250 people, a figure that places Kit Carson 224th among the 270 Census places in Colorado (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is negative, near 3.8%.
- Size percentile: roughly 17% of Colorado's places have fewer residents.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 38.7628, -102.7955.
- Nearest larger cities: Eads (19 mi); Cheyenne Wells (24 mi); Stratton (39 mi); Flagler (40 mi); Wiley (42 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Nearest smaller places: Haswell (29 mi); Sheridan Lake (34 mi); Seibert (37 mi).
What Colorado law requires in Kit Carson
These are Colorado's sourced lending facts as they apply in Kit Carson; the state has no separate city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
What a Kit Carson personal loan looks like
Two numbers drive a Kit Carson personal loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. 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. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file.
A pre-application checklist for Kit Carson
Before you hand your details to a lender in Kit Carson:
- 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.
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Nearby places
- Eads, CO — population 636
- Cheyenne Wells, CO — population 722
- Haswell, CO — population 70
- Seibert, CO — population 176
- Vona, CO — population 90
- Stratton, CO — population 646
- Sheridan Lake, CO — population 54
- Flagler, CO — population 573