Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Fairhope, Alabama
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Fairhope runs 136.3 providers per 10,000 residents, 355 clinicians against 26,044 people, 16 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Baldwin County lenders have approved 1 healthcare files worth $990,000 and the nearest metro is 7 miles out.
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- Population: 26,044 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 355 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $86,5093
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 57 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, 7 miles1
The provider census in Fairhope
355 providers across 29 fields, 136.3 per 10,000 residents, counted at Fairhope addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 57 | 21.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 54 | 20.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 50 | 19.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 28 | 10.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 20 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 18 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 17 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 16 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 12 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 11 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 10 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 7 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 7 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 5 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 5 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 5 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 8 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 57 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What Baldwin County credit files already show
The county file holds 1 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $990,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $990,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 190 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 136.3 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Baldwin County has 1 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $86,509 in Fairhope is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Ranked from the 29 fields that actually practice in Fairhope, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Alabama and on the funding partner.
What a funder reads first in Fairhope
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, primary care and family medicine
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (57) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (54) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Primary care and family medicine (50) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
Fairhope against nearby Alabama markets
136.3 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Fairhope
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhope (current) | 26,044 | 355 | 136.3 | |
| Daphne | 30,751 | 380 | 123.6 | 7 |
| Spanish Fort | 11,118 | 107 | 96.2 | 14 |
| Foley | 28,043 | 297 | 105.9 | 15 |
| Gulf Shores | 17,431 | 108 | 62.0 | 20 |
| Prichard | 18,778 | 15 | 8.0 | 23 |
| Saraland | 16,458 | 101 | 61.4 | 27 |
What the geography does to a Fairhope projection
7 miles separate Fairhope from Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL. Lease pricing follows Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, while revenue stays capped by the 26,044 residents here. At $86,509 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 26,044 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost.
More of Alabama
- Daphne 30,751 residents
- Spanish Fort 11,118 residents
- Foley 28,043 residents
- Gulf Shores 17,431 residents
- Prichard 18,778 residents
- Saraland 16,458 residents
Questions from Fairhope
01How many providers practice in Fairhope, and in what?
Across 29 fields, Fairhope carries 355 enumerated clinicians, 136.3 per 10,000 of the 26,044 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 57 of the total, then specialty physician groups at 54. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Baldwin County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Baldwin County. That tracks how few Baldwin County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 190 credit intermediation establishments operate in Baldwin County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03What does Baldwin County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Baldwin County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Fairhope and evidences a staffing ramp in a 26,044 resident market.
04How does the hospital in Fairhope affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 6 Medicare-certified providers hold Fairhope addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 136.3 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Fairhope?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 57 providers and specialty physician groups at 54 lead the 29 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Fairhope?
Care Compare lists 6 certified providers with a Fairhope address. That count is a proxy for how much of the local revenue arrives on a federal payment cycle rather than at the front desk.
Sources
- 1U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, vintage 2024
- 2CMS NPPES, monthly full replacement file
- 3U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2023, table B19013
- 4CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 5U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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