Florida micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Belle Glade, Florida
Direct answer
Palm Beach County carries 79 SBA healthcare approvals worth $50,689,700, and inside Belle Glade the census shows 117 enumerated clinicians against 17,363 residents, 67.4 per 10,000, 20 percent of them in primary care and family medicine. Port St. Lucie, FL lies 44 miles away.
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- Population: 17,363 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 117 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $47,1913
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 23 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Port St. Lucie, FL, 44 miles1
Belle Glade clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 117 providers, 24 fields, 67.4 clinicians per 10,000 of the 17,363 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 13.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 13 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 13 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Belle Glade practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 20 percent sit in primary care and family medicine, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Palm Beach County
Lenders in Palm Beach County have already closed 79 healthcare approvals, averaging $641,642, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 79 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $50,689,700 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $641,642 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 1,002 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
A file from here opens on 67.4 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. 79 approvals worth $50,689,700 in Palm Beach County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $47,191 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Belle Glade households actually spend.
Programs the Belle Glade mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Startup and de novo
The 24 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Florida.
What a funder reads first in Belle Glade
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Belle Glade that means primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups, physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (13) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (13) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Column one counts Belle Glade clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Belle Glade file differently.
Density beside the neighboring Florida towns
67.4 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Belle Glade
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Glade (current) | 17,363 | 117 | 67.4 | |
| Wellington | 63,258 | 725 | 114.6 | 25 |
| Royal Palm Beach | 41,948 | 394 | 93.9 | 27 |
| Greenacres | 45,197 | 471 | 104.2 | 33 |
| Palm Springs | 28,548 | 305 | 106.8 | 35 |
| Parkland | 39,700 | 180 | 45.3 | 36 |
| Riviera Beach | 39,620 | 236 | 59.6 | 37 |
What the geography does to a Belle Glade projection
44 miles separate Belle Glade from Port St. Lucie, FL. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Median household income runs $47,191, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable.
Nearby Florida towns
- Wellington 63,258 residents
- Royal Palm Beach 41,948 residents
- Greenacres 45,197 residents
- Palm Springs 28,548 residents
- Parkland 39,700 residents
- Riviera Beach 39,620 residents
What owners in Belle Glade ask
01How many providers practice in Belle Glade, and in what?
Across 24 fields, Belle Glade carries 117 enumerated clinicians, 67.4 per 10,000 of the 17,363 people living here. The concentration is in primary care and family medicine, 23 of the total, then specialty physician groups at 13. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Palm Beach County's shortage designation change?
Palm Beach County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Belle Glade can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03How does the hospital in Belle Glade 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. 1 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 67.4 per 10,000 market.
04What does SBA lending look like around Belle Glade?
Healthcare borrowers in Palm Beach County took 79 approvals worth $50,689,700 in the published fiscal year, averaging $641,642. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Belle Glade reaches for first.
05What does a $47,191 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Belle Glade runs $47,191. 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 Belle Glade?
Primary care and family medicine at 23 providers and specialty physician groups at 13 lead the 24 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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