California micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Livingston, California
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Livingston runs 23.0 providers per 10,000 residents, 34 clinicians against 14,767 people, 24 percent of them in primary care and family medicine, while Merced County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 15 miles out.
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- Population: 14,767 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 34 across 12 fields2
- Median household income: $76,1583
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 8 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Merced, CA, 15 miles1
- Lending establishments in the county: 75 credit intermediation establishments4
What NPPES records at Livingston addresses
The NPPES file puts 34 enumerated clinicians inside Livingston, spread over 12 fields at 23.0 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 8 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 5 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 4 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 2 | CMS [5] |
Primary care and family medicine carries 8 of the 34 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Merced County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Merced County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [6] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [6] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | Dollars divided by approvals [6] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 75 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [4] |
Reading Livingston the way a credit committee does
A file from here opens on 23.0 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Merced County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $76,158 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
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Commercial real estate, owner-occupied
Ranked from the 12 fields that actually practice in Livingston, weighted toward primary care and family medicine. Availability still depends on California and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Livingston file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Livingston that means primary care and family medicine, independent pharmacy, physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (8) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Independent pharmacy (5) | Script count and file retention, Gross margin after direct and indirect remuneration, Wholesaler terms against reimbursement timing | Acquisition of the business or the prescription files |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (5) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Counts in the first column are Livingston providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Livingston, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring California towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Livingston has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston (current) | 14,767 | 34 | 23.0 | |
| Atwater | 32,248 | 115 | 35.7 | 7 |
| Turlock | 72,888 | 405 | 55.6 | 11 |
| Merced | 96,073 | 704 | 73.3 | 15 |
| Newman | 12,292 | 27 | 22.0 | 17 |
| Ceres | 49,253 | 87 | 17.7 | 20 |
| Los Banos | 48,684 | 128 | 26.3 | 23 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Livingston
Distance to Merced, CA is 15 miles. Appraisers borrow Merced, CA rents, and the 14,767 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $76,158 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Referral flow comes from outside Livingston, which a projection needs to state plainly.
Other California markets
What owners in Livingston ask
01How many providers practice in Livingston, and in what?
34 enumerations sit at Livingston addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 23.0 for every 10,000 residents. 24 percent of them are primary care and family medicine, and independent pharmacy follows with 5. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 34 here cover fewer than 34 practices.
02What does Merced County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Merced County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
03Why does Merced County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for Merced County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Merced County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 75 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Livingston underwritten as part of Merced, CA?
Partly. Merced, CA is 15 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 14,767 residents around Livingston. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Is there local lending capacity in Merced County?
County Business Patterns records 75 credit intermediation establishments in Merced County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Livingston rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Merced County support?
Merced County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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
- 4U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
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