Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Dolton, Illinois
Direct answer
54 healthcare providers hold a Dolton practice address, 26.1 per 10,000 of its 20,697 residents, 17 percent of them in home health. Cook County recorded 122 SBA healthcare approvals worth $56,780,300, and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN sits 15 miles out.
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- Population: 20,697 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 54 across 17 fields2
- Median household income: $58,7063
- Largest provider field: Home health: 9 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 15 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 122 approvals totaling $56,780,3004
Dolton clinicians, by field
26.1 providers per 10,000 residents is what 54 enumerations across 17 fields works out to in a town of 20,697
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home health | 9 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 8 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 8 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 1 | CMS [5] |
Home health carries 9 of the 54 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not 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
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 122 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [4] |
| Approved dollars | $56,780,300 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [4] |
| Average approval | $465,412 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [4] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 2,528 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Dolton the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 26.1 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Because Cook County already carries $56,780,300 across 122 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. Household income of $58,706 in Dolton is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Startup and de novo
- Medical receivables factoring
- Working capital term loan
Weighted by how often each of the 17 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Illinois rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in Dolton
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: home health, general dentistry, physical, occupational, and speech therapy
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Home health (9) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
| 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 |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (8) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Counts in the first column are Dolton providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Dolton, not what any funder will do with your file.
Dolton against nearby Illinois markets
26.1 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Dolton
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolton (current) | 20,697 | 54 | 26.1 | |
| South Holland | 20,775 | 237 | 114.1 | 2 |
| Riverdale | 10,299 | 20 | 19.4 | 2 |
| Harvey | 19,781 | 125 | 63.2 | 3 |
| Lansing | 28,107 | 173 | 61.6 | 5 |
| Blue Island | 21,805 | 119 | 54.6 | 5 |
| Markham | 11,290 | 29 | 25.7 | 5 |
How Dolton sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 15 miles. Appraisers borrow Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN rents, and the 20,697 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $58,706, 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.
Other Illinois markets
- South Holland 20,775 residents
- Riverdale 10,299 residents
- Harvey 19,781 residents
- Lansing 28,107 residents
- Blue Island 21,805 residents
- Markham 11,290 residents
Questions from Dolton
01How many providers practice in Dolton, and in what?
Across 17 fields, Dolton carries 54 enumerated clinicians, 26.1 per 10,000 of the 20,697 people living here. The concentration is in home health, 9 of the total, then general dentistry at 8. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does SBA lending look like around Dolton?
The county file behind Dolton holds 122 healthcare approvals totaling $56,780,300, an average of $465,412. Those are the loan sizes lenders in Cook County have already carried.
03What does Cook County's shortage designation change?
Cook County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Dolton can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Is Dolton underwritten as part of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?
Partly. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 15 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 20,697 residents around Dolton. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Which fields carry the volume in Dolton?
Volume concentrates in home health, 9 of them, ahead of general dentistry at 8, across 17 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
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 Dolton 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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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