Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Alsip, Illinois
Direct answer
A Alsip file is read against 77 local clinicians, 41.7 for every 10,000 of its 18,486 residents, 32 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 122 SBA healthcare approvals worth $56,780,300 already recorded in Cook County, 12 miles from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
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- Population: 18,486 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 77 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $67,5573
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 25 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 12 miles1
Who is enumerated in Alsip
The NPPES file puts 77 enumerated clinicians inside Alsip, spread over 21 fields at 41.7 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 25 | 13.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 8 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 7 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Alsip practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 32 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Cook County credit files already show
The published file shows 122 healthcare approvals in Cook County, $56,780,300 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 122 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $56,780,300 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $465,412 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 2,528 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
41.7 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 122 approvals worth $56,780,300 in Cook County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. A $67,557 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Alsip mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Alsip's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 32 percent. What a partner can actually place in Illinois is a separate question.
The first pages of a Alsip file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, behavioral and mental health group practices account for most of what is enumerated in Alsip, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (25) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (8) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (7) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
NPPES supplies the Alsip counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Alsip file is bound by them.
Alsip against nearby Illinois markets
41.7 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Alsip
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsip (current) | 18,486 | 77 | 41.7 | |
| Crestwood | 10,533 | 108 | 102.5 | 2 |
| Blue Island | 21,805 | 119 | 54.6 | 3 |
| Chicago Ridge | 14,036 | 130 | 92.6 | 3 |
| Midlothian | 13,870 | 60 | 43.3 | 3 |
| Oak Lawn | 56,531 | 1,229 | 217.4 | 3 |
| Palos Heights | 12,088 | 506 | 418.6 | 3 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Alsip
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN lies 12 miles from Alsip, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN rents while 18,486 residents set the revenue ceiling. Median household income runs $67,557, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
More of Illinois
- Crestwood 10,533 residents
- Blue Island 21,805 residents
- Chicago Ridge 14,036 residents
- Midlothian 13,870 residents
- Oak Lawn 56,531 residents
- Palos Heights 12,088 residents
What owners in Alsip ask
01How many providers practice in Alsip, and in what?
Across 21 fields, Alsip carries 77 enumerated clinicians, 41.7 per 10,000 of the 18,486 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 25 of the total, then general dentistry at 8. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does SBA lending look like around Alsip?
$56,780,300 went to healthcare borrowers in Cook County across 122 approvals, $465,412 on average. Deals near Alsip get sized against that record before anything else.
03Is Alsip underwritten as part of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN sits 12 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN; the 18,486 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04What does Cook County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Cook County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Alsip and evidences a staffing ramp in a 18,486 resident market.
05Is there local lending capacity in Cook County?
County Business Patterns records 2,528 credit intermediation establishments in Cook County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Alsip rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Alsip?
The town carries 3 Medicare-certified providers. On a receivables request that number sets the expected collection lag, which is priced before anything about the practice itself is read.
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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