Personal loans in Landa, ND
The 2020-to-2023 change in Landa is negligible, under a tenth of a percent. With roughly 38 residents, Landa is a small community, and the lending rules its borrowers live under are written in North Dakota, not by the city.
Landa ranks 297th of 355 places in North Dakota, with a population near 38. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Westhope, ND about 5 miles away. A lender that serves Landa operates under North Dakota lending statutes and a North Dakota supervisor. Verify the lender's North Dakota licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Landa.
The Landa data picture
What follows is Landa's place in the Census record, alongside the North Dakota rules that govern a personal loan made here.
- Population: the Census counts 38 residents in Landa (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 297th-largest figure among North Dakota's 355 places.
- Population trend: Held essentially flat from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Size percentile: Landa sits ahead of around 16% of North Dakota places, at 38 people.
- Population density: about 500 people per square mile across 0.1 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- By land area: Landa ranks 351st among North Dakota's 355 places, at 0.1 sq mi.
- Within North Dakota: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Landa.
- National standing: Landa ranks 19,136th of 19,457 US places.
- Growth rank: Landa's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 60th of 355 places in North Dakota.
- State comparison: North Dakota's places average -1.2% for 2020-to-2023, against Landa's 0.0%.
- Density rank: Landa places 137th among North Dakota's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs North Dakota: Landa's 500 people per square mile compare with a state median of 352.
- Location: 48.8959 / -100.9120, per the US Census Bureau Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Westhope (5 mi); Souris (10 mi); Newburg (13 mi); Maxbass (16 mi); Bottineau (22 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Landa.
- Nearest smaller towns: Kramer (17 mi); Antler (18 mi); Gardena (23 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 6 places smaller than Landa sit within 50 miles.
- At 100 miles: 75 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
How personal loans work in Landa
Landa is a small community of about 38 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Landa can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Landa loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
North Dakota consumer-lending rules applied in Landa
Read the table as a lender's compliance picture for Landa: the rule, the sourced figure, the publisher and the date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions (NDDFI) Source says: "The Department also licenses and regulates Money Brokers... Deferred Presentment Service Providers (Payday Lenders), Collection Agencies, Debt Settlement Service Providers, and Money Transmitters." | North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal for licensed deferred presentment service providers; fee capped at 20% of amount advanced; max $500 per transaction; $600 aggregate outstanding per customer. Source says: "A licensee may charge a fee for the deferred presentment service, not to exceed twenty percent of the amount paid to the customer" (N.D.C.C. 13-08-12); "may not disburse more than five hundred dollars to the customer in a deferred presentment service transaction" (13-08-12.3). | North Dakota Legislative Branch as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Money broker license required to engage in money brokering (arranging/providing loans); issued by the commissioner of financial institutions. Source says: "may not engage in money brokering in the state of North Dakota without a money broker license issued by the commissioner" (N.D.C.C. 13-04.1-02). | North Dakota Legislative Branch as of 2026-09-16 |
Land, water and location for Landa
Landa's land area is roughly 0.1 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. The resulting density is about 500 people per square mile. The largest place in North Dakota, Fargo, lies about 236 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 20 larger communities surround Landa. Within the same 50 miles lie 6 smaller Census places.
A practical checklist for Landa borrowers
Complete these steps first when you borrow in Landa (38 residents):
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Model the payment on the calculator before a lender models it for you.
- Gather at least three pre-qualified offers and line up the APR, not the headline rate.
- Make sure the lender appears in the North Dakota regulator's licence list.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
The process is identical across North Dakota; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Landa holds 38 people.
Borrowing reach in Landa
Landa is a moderately settled community of about 38 people, with 20 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Landa's 38 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. For a larger market, the closest option is Westhope, ND about 5 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Westhope, ND — population 374
- Newburg, ND — population 94
- Souris, ND — population 39
- Maxbass, ND — population 86
- Kramer, ND — population 24
- Upham, ND — population 130
- Antler, ND — population 21
- Gardena, ND — population 23