California micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Paramount, California
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Paramount runs 29.7 providers per 10,000 residents, 152 clinicians against 51,169 people, 20 percent of them in primary care and family medicine, while Los Angeles County lenders have approved 298 healthcare files worth $229,015,900 and the nearest metro is 16 miles out.
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- Population: 51,169 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 152 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $70,9123
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 31 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 8 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 16 miles1
Paramount clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 152 providers, 27 fields, 29.7 clinicians per 10,000 of the 51,169 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 31 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 18 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 14 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 13 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 13 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 5 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Primary care and family medicine carries 31 of the 152 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Los Angeles County credit files already show
The published file shows 298 healthcare approvals in Los Angeles County, $229,015,900 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 298 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $229,015,900 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $768,510 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 4,689 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
At 29.7 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A request measured against 298 prior Los Angeles County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. With $70,912 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Paramount households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- 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.
The first pages of a Paramount file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Paramount that means primary care and family medicine, general dentistry, physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (31) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (18) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (14) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
NPPES supplies the Paramount counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Paramount file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring California towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 29.7 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount (current) | 51,169 | 152 | 29.7 | |
| Bellflower | 75,716 | 515 | 68.0 | 2 |
| Lynwood | 63,596 | 213 | 33.5 | 3 |
| South Gate | 90,805 | 252 | 27.8 | 3 |
| Compton | 91,129 | 242 | 26.6 | 4 |
| Lakewood | 78,494 | 432 | 55.0 | 4 |
| Artesia | 15,662 | 204 | 130.3 | 5 |
How Paramount sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 16 miles. Appraisers borrow Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA rents, and the 51,169 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $70,912 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year.
More of California
- Bellflower 75,716 residents
- Lynwood 63,596 residents
- South Gate 90,805 residents
- Compton 91,129 residents
- Lakewood 78,494 residents
- Artesia 15,662 residents
Paramount owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Paramount, and in what?
NPPES lists 152 providers at a Paramount practice address, 29.7 per 10,000 residents across 27 tracked fields. Primary care and family medicine accounts for 31 of them, 20 percent of the total, with general dentistry next at 18. Read that as clinicians: 152 enumerations, not 152 owners.
02What does SBA lending look like around Paramount?
The county file behind Paramount 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?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Los Angeles County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 51,169 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Paramount?
Care Compare lists 8 certified providers with a Paramount 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.
05Which fields carry the volume in Paramount?
Volume concentrates in primary care and family medicine, 31 of them, ahead of general dentistry at 18, across 27 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
06Is Paramount underwritten as part of Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
Partly. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 16 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 51,169 residents around Paramount. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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