Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Blue Island, Illinois
Direct answer
A Blue Island file is read against 119 local clinicians, 54.6 for every 10,000 of its 21,805 residents, 14 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: 21,805 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 119 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $60,9653
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 17 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 12 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
Counted at the town's own addresses: 119 providers, 22 fields, 54.6 clinicians per 10,000 of the 21,805 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 17 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 15 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 13 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 11 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 11 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 9 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 17 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
The lending record behind Blue Island
122 healthcare approvals averaging $465,412 set the deal shape lenders in Cook County have already underwritten
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 122 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Approved dollars | $56,780,300 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Average approval | $465,412 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 2,528 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Density of 54.6 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Because Cook County already carries $56,780,300 across 122 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. A $60,965 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Ranked from the 22 fields that actually practice in Blue Island, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Illinois and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Blue Island file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Blue Island that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, primary care and family medicine.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (17) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (15) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Primary care and family medicine (13) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Blue Island counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Blue Island file is bound by them.
Blue Island against nearby Illinois markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Blue Island has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Island (current) | 21,805 | 119 | 54.6 | |
| Midlothian | 13,870 | 60 | 43.3 | 3 |
| Alsip | 18,486 | 77 | 41.7 | 3 |
| Crestwood | 10,533 | 108 | 102.5 | 3 |
| Riverdale | 10,299 | 20 | 19.4 | 3 |
| Harvey | 19,781 | 125 | 63.2 | 4 |
| Markham | 11,290 | 29 | 25.7 | 4 |
How Blue Island sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 12 miles. Appraisers borrow Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN rents, and the 21,805 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $60,965 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
Other Illinois markets
What owners in Blue Island ask
01How many providers practice in Blue Island, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Blue Island carries 119 enumerated clinicians, 54.6 per 10,000 of the 21,805 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 17 of the total, then general dentistry at 15. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does SBA lending look like around Blue Island?
$56,780,300 went to healthcare borrowers in Cook County across 122 approvals, $465,412 on average. Deals near Blue Island get sized against that record before anything else.
03What does Cook County's shortage designation change?
Cook County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Blue Island can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Is Blue Island underwritten as part of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?
Partly. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 12 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 21,805 residents around Blue Island. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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 Blue Island rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Cook County support?
Cook County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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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