Arkansas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Blytheville, Arkansas
Direct answer
Mississippi County carries 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and inside Blytheville the census shows 132 enumerated clinicians against 12,359 residents, 106.8 per 10,000, 24 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Jonesboro, AR lies 44 miles away.
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- Population: 12,359 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 132 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $49,9283
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 32 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Jonesboro, AR, 44 miles1
Blytheville clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 132 enumerated clinicians inside Blytheville, spread over 22 fields at 106.8 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 32 | 25.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 18 | 14.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 13 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 7 | 5.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 5.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 5 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 5 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 32 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Mississippi County
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 25 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 106.8 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. Mississippi County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $49,928 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Blytheville's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 24 percent. What a partner can actually place in Arkansas is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Blytheville
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Blytheville that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, optometry and ophthalmology.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (32) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (18) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (13) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
The first column is Blytheville's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Blytheville or anywhere else.
Blytheville against nearby Arkansas markets
Comparables travel. These are the Arkansas towns whose density, at 106.8 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blytheville (current) | 12,359 | 132 | 106.8 | |
| Paragould | 30,680 | 339 | 110.5 | 35 |
| Jonesboro | 82,384 | 1,443 | 175.2 | 44 |
| Marion | 13,524 | 123 | 90.9 | 53 |
| West Memphis | 23,538 | 261 | 110.9 | 57 |
| Batesville | 11,539 | 327 | 283.4 | 97 |
| Searcy | 23,997 | 511 | 212.9 | 113 |
How Blytheville sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Jonesboro, AR is 44 miles. That is close enough for rent in Blytheville to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. At $49,928 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The Medicare-certified hospital in Blytheville sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Blytheville. Blytheville is the Mississippi County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Arkansas towns
- Paragould 30,680 residents
- Jonesboro 82,384 residents
- Marion 13,524 residents
- West Memphis 23,538 residents
- Batesville 11,539 residents
- Searcy 23,997 residents
Blytheville owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Blytheville, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Blytheville carries 132 enumerated clinicians, 106.8 per 10,000 of the 12,359 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 32 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 18. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Mississippi County show so little SBA activity?
Mississippi County shows 0 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 25 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does Mississippi County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Mississippi County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Blytheville and evidences a staffing ramp in a 12,359 resident market.
04How does the hospital in Blytheville affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 3 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 106.8 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $49,928 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Blytheville runs $49,928. On elective and cash-pay work that is the number a funder converts into case acceptance, and it sets how much of a treatment plan a projection can assume gets started rather than deferred.
06Which fields carry the volume in Blytheville?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 32 providers and primary care and family medicine at 18 lead the 22 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.
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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