Florida micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Lauderhill, Florida
Direct answer
A Lauderhill file is read against 429 local clinicians, 56.0 for every 10,000 of its 76,627 residents, 17 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 95 SBA healthcare approvals worth $45,454,700 already recorded in Broward County, 27 miles from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
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- Population: 76,627 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 429 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $49,6853
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 71 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, 27 miles1
Who is enumerated in Lauderhill
56.0 providers per 10,000 residents is what 429 enumerations across 29 fields works out to in a town of 76,627
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 71 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 58 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 40 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 35 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 33 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 28 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 25 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 25 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 24 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 16 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 13 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 7 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 7 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 6 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 6 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 5 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Lauderhill practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 17 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Broward County
Lenders in Broward County have already closed 95 healthcare approvals, averaging $478,471, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 95 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $45,454,700 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $478,471 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 1,200 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
At 56.0 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A request measured against 95 prior Broward County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. With $49,685 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Lauderhill households actually spend.
Programs the Lauderhill mix reaches for
- Working capital term loan
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Medical receivables factoring
- Healthcare AR line and payroll funding
The order comes from Lauderhill's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 17 percent. What a partner can actually place in Florida is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Lauderhill
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Lauderhill that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health, skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (71) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Home health (58) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care (40) | Census and occupancy, Staffing reporting, Survey history | Working capital |
NPPES supplies the Lauderhill counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Lauderhill file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring Florida towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 56.0 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauderhill (current) | 76,627 | 429 | 56.0 | |
| Lauderdale Lakes | 37,333 | 349 | 93.5 | 2 |
| Tamarac | 75,147 | 700 | 93.2 | 3 |
| North Lauderdale | 46,335 | 105 | 22.7 | 4 |
| Oakland Park | 45,771 | 445 | 97.2 | 5 |
| Wilton Manors | 11,788 | 178 | 151.0 | 5 |
| Margate | 60,650 | 492 | 81.1 | 6 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Lauderhill
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL lies 27 miles from Lauderhill, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Median household income runs $49,685, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. A college in Lauderhill puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections.
Nearby Florida towns
- Lauderdale Lakes 37,333 residents
- Tamarac 75,147 residents
- North Lauderdale 46,335 residents
- Oakland Park 45,771 residents
- Wilton Manors 11,788 residents
- Margate 60,650 residents
Questions from Lauderhill
01How many providers practice in Lauderhill, and in what?
429 enumerations sit at Lauderhill addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 56.0 for every 10,000 residents. 17 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and home health follows with 58. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 429 here cover fewer than 429 practices.
02What does SBA lending look like around Lauderhill?
Healthcare borrowers in Broward County took 95 approvals worth $45,454,700 in the published fiscal year, averaging $478,471. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Lauderhill reaches for first.
03What does Broward County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Broward County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Lauderhill and evidences a staffing ramp in a 76,627 resident market.
04Is Lauderhill underwritten as part of Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?
Comparables and demand split at 27 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL; the revenue line has to hold up against 76,627 local residents.
05Is there local lending capacity in Broward County?
County Business Patterns records 1,200 credit intermediation establishments in Broward County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Lauderhill rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06Which fields carry the volume in Lauderhill?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 71 providers and home health at 58 lead the 29 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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