Personal loans in Wellington, CO
In Wellington, one of 270 Census places in Colorado, the figure to compare across lenders is the APR, not the advertised rate. Wellington is one of 270 Census places in Colorado; its 12,078 residents put it at 48th.
The nearest larger metro is Fort Collins, CO about 11 miles away. The trend for Wellington between 2020 and 2023 is upward by roughly 9.3%. For the 12,078 people in Wellington, Colorado runs its own consumer-lending licensing, and the sourced table below lists the figures that apply. Get pre-qualified with several lenders, then compare APR rather than the headline rate for a Wellington loan.
Where Wellington stands
Here is the sourced Census picture for Wellington, plus the Colorado lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: about 12,078 people live here, which puts Wellington 48th of 270 Census places in Colorado (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Roughly 9.3% more residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Net change: roughly 1,025 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: roughly 82% of Colorado's places have fewer residents than Wellington's 12,078.
- Density: roughly 3,147 residents per square mile, spread over 3.8 sq mi of land.
- Land area: Wellington covers 3.8 square miles, the 86th-largest area among Colorado's 270 places.
- Share of Colorado: Wellington holds about 0.3% of the state's population, some 12,078 people.
- National rank: Wellington sits 2,765th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Wellington ranks 32nd among Colorado's 270 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Colorado's places average +2.3% for 2020-to-2023, against Wellington's 9.3%.
- Density in Colorado: Wellington ranks 20th by people per square mile.
- Density vs Colorado: Wellington's 3,147 people per square mile compare with a state median of 1,126.
- Location: 40.7007, -105.0057 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Fort Collins (11 mi); Windsor (16 mi); Loveland (20 mi); Greeley (23 mi); Johnstown (28 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Nearest smaller towns: Nunn (11 mi); Timnath (12 mi); Pierce (12 mi) — useful context for the surrounding area.
- Smaller neighbours: 23 places smaller than Wellington sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 40 places are larger than Wellington.
Where Wellington sits
Inside Wellington's boundaries lie about 3.8 square miles of land, with no significant water area recorded. That land carries about 3,147 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Denver, is roughly 65 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 14 larger communities surround Wellington. The 100-mile radius contains 40 larger places.
Colorado rules behind a Wellington personal loan
Every row below records a Colorado rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Wellington lender must follow.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
Getting a loan in Wellington
Wellington is a fairly dense community of about 12,078 people, with 14 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. Lenders licensed in Colorado reach Wellington's 12,078 residents online, so the nearest branch is not what sets your APR. For a larger market, the closest option is Fort Collins, CO about 11 miles away.
Wellington in state context
Against Colorado's other places, Wellington accounts for about 0.3% of the state's population and ranks 48th of 270 by size. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Wellington ranks 32nd of 270 in Colorado (about the 88th percentile). By density, at about 3,147 people per square mile, it ranks 20th in Colorado. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 1,025 residents.
What to do before borrowing in Wellington
These steps shape the offer you get in Wellington, a place of about 12,078 people:
- 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.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Make sure the lender appears in the Colorado regulator's licence list.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
- If the balances are already a strain, seek nonprofit credit counselling before adding a loan.
In Wellington as elsewhere in Colorado, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 12,078 residents.
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Nearby places
- Fort Collins, CO — population 170,376
- Timnath, CO — population 9,991
- Nunn, CO — population 531
- Pierce, CO — population 1,080
- Windsor, CO — population 40,349
- Severance, CO — population 10,820
- Ault, CO — population 2,666
- Loveland, CO — population 79,352