Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in DeKalb, Illinois
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. DeKalb runs 68.4 providers per 10,000 residents, 277 clinicians against 40,491 people, 32 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while DeKalb County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 28 miles out.
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- Population: 40,491 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 277 across 28 fields2
- Median household income: $46,5643
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 90 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Rockford, IL, 28 miles1
What NPPES records at DeKalb addresses
Counted at the town's own addresses: 277 providers, 28 fields, 68.4 clinicians per 10,000 of the 40,491 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 90 | 22.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 32 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 5.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 23 | 5.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 21 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 16 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 10 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 7 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single DeKalb 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.
The lending record behind DeKalb
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 49 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Density of 68.4 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $46,564 in DeKalb is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the DeKalb mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 28 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Illinois.
Underwriting by field in DeKalb
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In DeKalb that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, primary care and family medicine.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (90) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (32) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
How DeKalb prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 68.4 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb (current) | 40,491 | 277 | 68.4 | |
| Sycamore | 18,968 | 274 | 144.5 | 6 |
| Plano | 12,677 | 38 | 30.0 | 20 |
| Pingree Grove | 11,512 | 15 | 13.0 | 20 |
| Geneva | 21,168 | 440 | 207.9 | 22 |
| North Aurora | 19,329 | 115 | 59.5 | 22 |
| St. Charles | 33,482 | 28 | 8.4 | 22 |
What the geography does to a DeKalb projection
Rockford, IL lies 28 miles from DeKalb, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $46,564 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. A college in DeKalb puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections.
Nearby Illinois towns
- Sycamore 18,968 residents
- Plano 12,677 residents
- Pingree Grove 11,512 residents
- Geneva 21,168 residents
- North Aurora 19,329 residents
- St. Charles 33,482 residents
Questions from DeKalb
01How many providers practice in DeKalb, and in what?
NPPES lists 277 providers at a DeKalb practice address, 68.4 per 10,000 residents across 28 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 90 of them, 32 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 32. Read that as clinicians: 277 enumerations, not 277 owners.
02What does DeKalb County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, DeKalb 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.
03Why does DeKalb County show so little SBA activity?
DeKalb County shows 0 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 49 lending establishments operate locally.
04Is DeKalb underwritten as part of Rockford, IL?
Partly. Rockford, IL is 28 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 40,491 residents around DeKalb. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Is there local lending capacity in DeKalb County?
County Business Patterns records 49 credit intermediation establishments in DeKalb County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen DeKalb rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06How does the hospital in DeKalb affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 2 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 68.4 per 10,000 market.
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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