Florida micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Riviera Beach, Florida
Direct answer
Palm Beach County carries 79 SBA healthcare approvals worth $50,689,700, and inside Riviera Beach the census shows 236 enumerated clinicians against 39,620 residents, 59.6 per 10,000, 14 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Port St. Lucie, FL lies 40 miles away.
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- Population: 39,620 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 236 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $62,1523
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 33 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Port St. Lucie, FL, 40 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 79 approvals totaling $50,689,7004
The provider census in Riviera Beach
Counted at the town's own addresses: 236 providers, 27 fields, 59.6 clinicians per 10,000 of the 39,620 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 33 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 32 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 21 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 16 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 15 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 14 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 13 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 12 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 8 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 8 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 8 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 7 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 7 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [5] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 33 of the 236 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Palm Beach County credit files already show
Lenders in Palm Beach County have already closed 79 healthcare approvals, averaging $641,642, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 79 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [4] |
| Approved dollars | $50,689,700 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [4] |
| Average approval | $641,642 | The dollar column over the approval column [4] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 1,002 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
At 59.6 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A request measured against 79 prior Palm Beach County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. With $62,152 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Riviera Beach households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Commercial real estate, owner-occupied
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 27 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Florida.
Underwriting by field in Riviera Beach
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, behavioral and mental health group practices
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (33) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (32) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (21) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
Density beside the neighboring Florida towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Riviera Beach has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Beach (current) | 39,620 | 236 | 59.6 | |
| North Palm Beach | 13,423 | 268 | 199.7 | 3 |
| Palm Springs | 28,548 | 305 | 106.8 | 10 |
| Greenacres | 45,197 | 471 | 104.2 | 11 |
| Lake Worth Beach | 44,417 | 37 | 8.3 | 11 |
| Royal Palm Beach | 41,948 | 394 | 93.9 | 11 |
| Lantana | 12,545 | 174 | 138.7 | 14 |
How Riviera Beach sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Port St. Lucie, FL is 40 miles. That is close enough for rent in Riviera Beach to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. At $62,152 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
Nearby Florida towns
- North Palm Beach 13,423 residents
- Palm Springs 28,548 residents
- Greenacres 45,197 residents
- Lake Worth Beach 44,417 residents
- Royal Palm Beach 41,948 residents
- Lantana 12,545 residents
Riviera Beach owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Riviera Beach, and in what?
NPPES lists 236 providers at a Riviera Beach practice address, 59.6 per 10,000 residents across 27 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 33 of them, 14 percent of the total, with specialty physician groups next at 32. Read that as clinicians: 236 enumerations, not 236 owners.
02What does Palm Beach County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Palm Beach County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Riviera Beach and evidences a staffing ramp in a 39,620 resident market.
03What does SBA lending look like around Riviera Beach?
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 Riviera Beach reaches for first.
04Is Riviera Beach underwritten as part of Port St. Lucie, FL?
Port St. Lucie, FL sits 40 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Port St. Lucie, FL; the 39,620 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Is there local lending capacity in Palm Beach County?
County Business Patterns records 1,002 credit intermediation establishments in Palm Beach County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Riviera Beach rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does a $62,152 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Riviera Beach runs $62,152. 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.
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. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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