Personal loans in Sedalia, NC
Sedalia is a small community in North Carolina, with an estimated 685 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook.
Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing in Sedalia. Sedalia is home to roughly 685 people and stands 382nd by size out of 549 Census places in North Carolina. Every figure below is North Carolina's own, applied to Sedalia's 685 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. Population in Sedalia climbed about 1.6% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. The closest larger place is Gibsonville, NC about 5 miles away.
What the Census records for Sedalia
Here is the sourced Census picture for Sedalia, plus the North Carolina lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: about 685, ranked 382nd of 549 places in North Carolina (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: Roughly 1.6% more residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a gain of about 11 residents.
- Size percentile: with 685 residents, Sedalia is larger than about 30% of North Carolina's Census places.
- Population density: 343 people per square mile on 2.0 square miles of land.
- Land area: Sedalia covers 2.0 square miles, the 331st-largest area among North Carolina's 549 places.
- Share of state population: Sedalia's 685 residents are about 0.0% of North Carolina.
- National rank: Sedalia is the 11,882nd most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Sedalia's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 282nd of 549 places in North Carolina.
- Versus North Carolina: the state average change is +2.9%, while Sedalia moved 1.6%.
- Density rank: Sedalia places 430th among North Carolina's places by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Sedalia runs about 343 residents per square mile, where the North Carolina median is 758.
- Location: it lies at 36.0758, -79.6177 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Gibsonville (5 mi); Elon (6 mi); Alamance (8 mi); Burlington (8 mi); Pleasant Garden (11 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Nearest smaller towns: Whitsett (3 mi); Ossipee (8 mi); Staley (20 mi) — useful context for the surrounding area.
- Within a 50-mile radius: 8 smaller Census places.
- Within 100 miles: 234 places are larger than Sedalia.
What North Carolina law requires in Sedalia
This table holds the North Carolina rate and licensing rules for consumer loans made to Sedalia's 685 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks (NCCOB) Source says: "Lenders operating under the CFA must be licensed by and are subject to regulation by the NCCOB." | North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | For loans of $25,000 or less: greater of the 6-month U.S. Treasury bill rate + 6% or 16% (G.S. 24-1.1(c)); any agreed rate above $25,000 Source says: "plus six percent (6%), rounded upward or downward ... or sixteen percent (16%), whichever is greater" | North Carolina General Assembly as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Payday lenders shut down in North Carolina; online payday lending remains an enforcement target Source says: "Payday Lenders: Shut Down In NC, But Still Victimizing Borrowers Online" | North Carolina Department of Justice (Office of the Attorney General) as of 2026-09-16 |
Getting a loan in Sedalia
At roughly 343 people per square mile, Sedalia is lightly settled; 62 larger places lie within 50 miles. A North Carolina licence lets a lender serve Sedalia without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 685 residents are offered. The nearest bigger place is Gibsonville, NC about 5 miles away.
How Sedalia compares across North Carolina
Against North Carolina's other places, Sedalia accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 382nd of 549 by size. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Sedalia ranks 282nd of 549 in North Carolina (about the 49th percentile). By density, at about 343 people per square mile, it ranks 430th in North Carolina. The population moved by about 11 people between 2020 and 2023, a 1.6% shift.
Sedalia on the map
Sedalia's land area is roughly 2.0 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. That land carries about 343 people per square mile. The largest place in North Carolina, Charlotte, lies about 91 miles away. A 50-mile radius around Sedalia takes in 62 places that are larger. Within the same 50 miles lie 8 smaller Census places.
Before you apply in Sedalia
These steps shape the offer you get in Sedalia, a place of about 685 people:
- Start with the credit file: order the reports, fix the errors, then apply.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Confirm the lender holds a North Carolina licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
In Sedalia as elsewhere in North Carolina, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 685 residents.
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Nearby places
- Whitsett, NC — population 593
- Gibsonville, NC — population 9,496
- Elon, NC — population 11,520
- Ossipee, NC — population 557
- Alamance, NC — population 1,028
- Burlington, NC — population 60,032
- Pleasant Garden, NC — population 5,057
- Greensboro, NC — population 302,296