Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Charleston, Illinois
Direct answer
17,361 residents, 125 enumerated clinicians, 72.0 per 10,000, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Charleston market a funder prices. Coles County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 43 miles of distance to Terre Haute, IN.
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- Population: 17,361 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 125 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $49,0573
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 26 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Terre Haute, IN, 43 miles1
Who is enumerated in Charleston
72.0 providers per 10,000 residents is what 125 enumerations across 24 fields works out to in a town of 17,361
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 26 | 15.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 15 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 15 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 12 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 8 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 7 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 7 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Charleston practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 21 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Coles County credit files already show
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 40 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
72.0 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $49,057 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Charleston households actually spend.
Programs the Charleston mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Charleston's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 21 percent. What a partner can actually place in Illinois is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Charleston
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Charleston that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, primary care and family medicine.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (26) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (15) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Primary care and family medicine (15) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Column one counts Charleston clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Charleston file differently.
How Charleston prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 72.0 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston (current) | 17,361 | 125 | 72.0 | |
| Mattoon | 16,602 | 297 | 178.9 | 10 |
| Effingham | 12,434 | 285 | 229.2 | 32 |
| Urbana | 39,831 | 655 | 164.4 | 43 |
| Champaign | 91,961 | 799 | 86.9 | 44 |
| Decatur | 68,763 | 626 | 91.0 | 48 |
| Mahomet | 10,619 | 82 | 77.2 | 50 |
How Charleston sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Terre Haute, IN is 43 miles. That is close enough for rent in Charleston to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. Households here carry $49,057 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. A college in Charleston puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Charleston is the Coles County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Illinois markets
What owners in Charleston ask
01How many providers practice in Charleston, and in what?
125 enumerations sit at Charleston addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 72.0 for every 10,000 residents. 21 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and chiropractic follows with 15. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 125 here cover fewer than 125 practices.
02Why does Coles County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for Coles County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Coles County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 40 credit intermediation establishments.
03What does Coles County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Coles County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
04What does a $49,057 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Charleston runs $49,057. 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.
05How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Charleston?
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.
06Which fields carry the volume in Charleston?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 26 of them, ahead of chiropractic at 15, across 24 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
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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