Georgia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Jefferson, Georgia
Direct answer
16,459 residents, 90 enumerated clinicians, 54.7 per 10,000, 46 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Jefferson market a funder prices. Jackson County adds 2 healthcare approvals worth $684,900 and 17 miles of distance to Gainesville, GA.
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- Population: 16,459 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 90 across 17 fields2
- Median household income: $96,7613
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 41 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Gainesville, GA, 17 miles1
- County seat: Jefferson is the seat of Jackson County4
What NPPES records at Jefferson addresses
The NPPES file puts 90 enumerated clinicians inside Jefferson, spread over 17 fields at 54.7 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 41 | 24.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 9 | 5.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 5 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 5 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 4 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [5] |
Several of the 41 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Jackson County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
2 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 2 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [6] |
| Dollars behind them | $684,900 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [6] |
| Typical approval size | $342,450 | Dollars divided by approvals [6] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 23 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [7] |
Reading Jefferson the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 54.7 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A short county record of 2 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $96,761 in Jefferson is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 17 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Georgia.
What a funder reads first in Jefferson
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (41) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (9) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (5) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Jefferson providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Jefferson, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Jefferson prices against its neighbors
54.7 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Jefferson
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson (current) | 16,459 | 90 | 54.7 | |
| Braselton | 17,390 | 143 | 82.2 | 12 |
| Winder | 20,628 | 170 | 82.4 | 12 |
| Auburn | 10,094 | 26 | 25.8 | 16 |
| Gainesville | 47,712 | 1,115 | 233.7 | 17 |
| Flowery Branch | 12,292 | 152 | 123.7 | 18 |
| Buford | 18,642 | 523 | 280.5 | 22 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Jefferson
Gainesville, GA lies 17 miles from Jefferson, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Gainesville, GA rents while 16,459 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $96,761 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. Jefferson is the Jackson County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Georgia markets
- Braselton 17,390 residents
- Winder 20,628 residents
- Auburn 10,094 residents
- Gainesville 47,712 residents
- Flowery Branch 12,292 residents
- Buford 18,642 residents
Jefferson owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Jefferson, and in what?
NPPES lists 90 providers at a Jefferson practice address, 54.7 per 10,000 residents across 17 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 41 of them, 46 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 9. Read that as clinicians: 90 enumerations, not 90 owners.
02Why does Jackson County show so little SBA activity?
Only 2 healthcare approvals appear for Jackson County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Jackson County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 23 credit intermediation establishments.
03What does a $96,761 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Jefferson runs $96,761. 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.
04What does Jackson County's shortage designation change?
Jackson County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, mental health. A pro forma for Jefferson can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05Is Jefferson underwritten as part of Gainesville, GA?
Comparables and demand split at 17 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Gainesville, GA; the revenue line has to hold up against 16,459 local residents.
06Which fields carry the volume in Jefferson?
The 17 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 41, with primary care and family medicine at 9 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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
- 4Census county subdivision and Wikidata county-seat records
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 7U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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