California micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Compton, California
Direct answer
91,129 residents, 242 enumerated clinicians, 26.6 per 10,000, 16 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices: that is the Compton market a funder prices. Los Angeles County adds 298 healthcare approvals worth $229,015,900 and 14 miles of distance to Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
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- Population: 91,129 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 242 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $74,2703
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 38 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 14 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
242 providers across 27 fields, 26.6 per 10,000 residents, counted at Compton addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 38 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 28 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 23 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 21 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 15 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 12 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 11 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 11 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 11 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 10 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 7 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 5 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 4 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Compton practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 16 percent sit in behavioral and mental health group practices, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Los Angeles County credit files already show
298 healthcare approvals averaging $768,510 set the deal shape lenders in Los Angeles County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 298 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $229,015,900 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $768,510 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 4,689 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Compton the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 26.6 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Because Los Angeles County already carries $229,015,900 across 298 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. A $74,270 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Compton mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Commercial real estate, owner-occupied
The 27 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in California.
What a funder reads first in Compton
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Compton that means behavioral and mental health group practices, primary care and family medicine, general dentistry.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (38) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (28) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (23) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Column one counts Compton clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Compton file differently.
Density beside the neighboring California towns
Comparables travel. These are the California towns whose density, at 26.6 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton (current) | 91,129 | 242 | 26.6 | |
| Lynwood | 63,596 | 213 | 33.5 | 3 |
| Paramount | 51,169 | 152 | 29.7 | 4 |
| South Gate | 90,805 | 252 | 27.8 | 4 |
| Cudahy | 21,694 | 35 | 16.1 | 5 |
| Bell Gardens | 37,565 | 71 | 18.9 | 6 |
| Bellflower | 75,716 | 515 | 68.0 | 6 |
What the geography does to a Compton projection
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA lies 14 miles from Compton, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA rents while 91,129 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $74,270 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Compton.
Nearby California towns
- Lynwood 63,596 residents
- Paramount 51,169 residents
- South Gate 90,805 residents
- Cudahy 21,694 residents
- Bell Gardens 37,565 residents
- Bellflower 75,716 residents
Questions from Compton
01How many providers practice in Compton, and in what?
242 enumerations sit at Compton addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 26.6 for every 10,000 residents. 16 percent of them are behavioral and mental health group practices, and primary care and family medicine follows with 28. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 242 here cover fewer than 242 practices.
02What does SBA lending look like around Compton?
The county file behind Compton holds 298 healthcare approvals totaling $229,015,900, an average of $768,510. Those are the loan sizes lenders in Los Angeles County have already carried.
03What does Los Angeles County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Los Angeles County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Compton and evidences a staffing ramp in a 91,129 resident market.
04Which fields carry the volume in Compton?
Volume concentrates in behavioral and mental health group practices, 38 of them, ahead of primary care and family medicine at 28, across 27 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
05Is Compton underwritten as part of Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA sits 14 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA; the 91,129 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06Is there local lending capacity in Los Angeles County?
County Business Patterns records 4,689 credit intermediation establishments in Los Angeles County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Compton rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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