Personal loans in Summit, WI
Summit is a small town of about 5,287 residents, and a personal loan taken out here is governed by Wisconsin statute.
When Wisconsin caps or restricts a product, lenders either change the terms or withdraw it from Summit as from the rest of the state. At about 5,287 residents, Summit is larger than roughly 75% of the places in Wisconsin. For a community of about 5,287, the practical step is to compare APR across at least three lenders before committing. Summit added about 10.6% to its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. The next larger city is Oconomowoc, WI about 4 miles away.
Local context for Summit
What follows is Summit's place in the Census record, alongside the Wisconsin rules that govern a personal loan made here.
- Population: an estimated 5,287 residents, 149th of 605 places in Wisconsin (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is positive, near 10.6%.
- Absolute change: 508 residents added between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: roughly 75% of Wisconsin places rank below Summit.
- Density: roughly 256 residents per square mile, spread over 20.7 sq mi of land.
- Land area: Summit covers 20.7 square miles, the 40th-largest area among Wisconsin's 605 places.
- Water area: Summit has 3.01 square miles of water, ranking 10th of 605 places in Wisconsin.
- State population share: Summit accounts for about 0.1% of everyone in Wisconsin.
- National rank: Summit is the 4,677th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth in Wisconsin: Summit stands 11th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 605 places.
- Against the state trend: Summit's 10.6% change compares with a Wisconsin average of +0.4% across its 605 places.
- Density rank: Summit places 532nd among Wisconsin's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Wisconsin: Summit's 256 people per square mile compare with a state median of 800.
- Location: 43.0462 / -88.4774, per the US Census Bureau Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Oconomowoc (4 mi); Delafield (5 mi); Hartland (8 mi); Pewaukee (12 mi); Pewaukee (12 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Nearest smaller towns: Dousman (3 mi); Oconomowoc Lake (4 mi); Nashotah (5 mi) — useful context for the surrounding area.
- Within a 50-mile radius: 90 smaller Census places.
- At 100 miles: 280 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Lender access in Summit
With about 256 residents per square mile, Summit is lightly settled, and 88 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Summit's 5,287 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. The nearest bigger place is Oconomowoc, WI about 4 miles away.
A pre-application checklist for Summit
Before you hand your details to a lender in Summit, where the population is near 5,287:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Verify the lender's Wisconsin licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Do not borrow more than the expense calls for, even if a lender approves a larger amount.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
- If debt is already a struggle, talk to a nonprofit credit counsellor before borrowing more.
None of these steps is Summit-specific: the same Wisconsin licensing and disclosure rules reach all 5,287 residents.
Summit: area, density and distance
Summit covers about 20.7 square miles of land, with 3.01 square miles of water inside its boundaries (Census Gazetteer). With 5,287 residents, the land area yields roughly 256 people per square mile. Milwaukee, the largest place in Wisconsin, is about 26 miles from Summit. Counting outward 50 miles, 88 larger communities surround Summit. Within the same 50 miles lie 90 smaller Census places.
How Summit compares across Wisconsin
Summit is the 149th-largest of 605 Census places in Wisconsin and contains about 0.1% of the state's people. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Summit ranks 11th of 605 in Wisconsin (about the 98th percentile). By density, at about 256 people per square mile, it ranks 532nd in Wisconsin. Within 50 miles sit 90 smaller Census places, alongside the 88 that are larger.
Wisconsin consumer-lending rules applied in Summit
Every row below records a Wisconsin rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Summit lender must follow.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), Division of Banking Source says: "Department" means the department of financial institutions | Wisconsin State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 12% per year maximum ($12 per $100) on the declining principal balance, except as authorized by other statutes (Wis. Stat. § 138.05(1)(a)) Source says: At the rate of $12 upon $100 for one year computed upon the declining principal balance of the loan or forbearance | Wisconsin State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed by the DFI Division of Banking; statewide database tracking (Wis. Stat. § 138.14) Source says: "Licensee" means a person holding a license issued by the division under sub. (5) | Wisconsin State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Dousman, WI — population 2,418
- Oconomowoc, WI — population 18,682
- Oconomowoc Lake, WI — population 584
- Nashotah, WI — population 1,310
- Delafield, WI — population 7,203
- Lac La Belle, WI — population 282
- Wales, WI — population 2,947
- Sullivan, WI — population 642