Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Cicero, Illinois
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Cicero runs 26.3 providers per 10,000 residents, 216 clinicians against 82,090 people, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Cook County lenders have approved 122 healthcare files worth $56,780,300 and the nearest metro is 4 miles out.
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- Population: 82,090 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 216 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $68,5483
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 46 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 4 miles1
Who is enumerated in Cicero
Counted at the town's own addresses: 216 providers, 24 fields, 26.3 clinicians per 10,000 of the 82,090 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 46 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 29 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 28 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 23 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 13 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 12 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 5 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 5 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 46 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Cook County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
Lenders in Cook County have already closed 122 healthcare approvals, averaging $465,412, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 122 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $56,780,300 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $465,412 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 2,528 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Density of 26.3 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. With $68,548 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Cicero households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 24 fields that actually practice in Cicero, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Illinois and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Cicero file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Cicero 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 (46) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (29) | 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 (28) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Cicero providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Cicero, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Illinois towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 26.3 per 10,000 here
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cicero (current) | 82,090 | 216 | 26.3 | |
| Berwyn | 55,152 | 481 | 87.2 | 2 |
| Forest Park | 13,846 | 134 | 96.8 | 3 |
| Oak Park | 52,947 | 936 | 176.8 | 3 |
| Lyons | 10,440 | 39 | 37.4 | 4 |
| Brookfield | 18,885 | 63 | 33.4 | 5 |
| Maywood | 23,364 | 813 | 348.0 | 5 |
What the geography does to a Cicero projection
4 miles separate Cicero from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Lease pricing follows Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, while revenue stays capped by the 82,090 residents here. At $68,548 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Referral flow comes from outside Cicero, which a projection needs to state plainly. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar.
Nearby Illinois towns
- Berwyn 55,152 residents
- Forest Park 13,846 residents
- Oak Park 52,947 residents
- Lyons 10,440 residents
- Brookfield 18,885 residents
- Maywood 23,364 residents
Questions from Cicero
01How many providers practice in Cicero, and in what?
NPPES lists 216 providers at a Cicero practice address, 26.3 per 10,000 residents across 24 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 46 of them, 21 percent of the total, with general dentistry next at 29. Read that as clinicians: 216 enumerations, not 216 owners.
02What does SBA lending look like around Cicero?
$56,780,300 went to healthcare borrowers in Cook County across 122 approvals, $465,412 on average. Deals near Cicero get sized against that record before anything else.
03What does Cook County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Cook County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 82,090 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04Which fields carry the volume in Cicero?
The 24 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 46, with general dentistry at 29 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
05Is Cicero underwritten as part of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?
Comparables and demand split at 4 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN; the revenue line has to hold up against 82,090 local residents.
06Is 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 Cicero rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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