Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Highland Park, Illinois
Direct answer
30,794 residents, 462 enumerated clinicians, 150.0 per 10,000, 40 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Highland Park market a funder prices. Lake County adds 16 healthcare approvals worth $6,809,300 and 25 miles of distance to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
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- Population: 30,794 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 462 across 30 fields2
- Median household income: $161,8753
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 185 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 25 miles1
Fields practicing inside Highland Park
The NPPES file puts 462 enumerated clinicians inside Highland Park, spread over 30 fields at 150.0 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 185 | 60.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 63 | 20.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 28 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 26 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 22 | 7.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 21 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 19 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 18 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 13 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 12 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 8 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 5 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Highland Park practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 40 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Lake County
16 healthcare approvals averaging $425,581 set the deal shape lenders in Lake County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 16 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $6,809,300 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | $425,581 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 318 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
150.0 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 16 approvals worth $6,809,300 in Lake County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. Household income of $161,875 in Highland Park is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Highland Park mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Highland Park's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 40 percent. What a partner can actually place in Illinois is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Highland Park
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, ketamine, tms, and interventional psychiatry
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (185) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (63) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry (28) | Session series completion, Coverage mix, Device utilization | Treatment device purchase |
NPPES supplies the Highland Park counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Highland Park file is bound by them.
Highland Park against nearby Illinois markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Highland Park has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park (current) | 30,794 | 462 | 150.0 | |
| Deerfield | 19,138 | 314 | 164.1 | 2 |
| Lake Forest | 19,642 | 343 | 174.6 | 4 |
| Northbrook | 34,546 | 834 | 241.4 | 4 |
| Winnetka | 12,494 | 131 | 104.9 | 6 |
| Glenview | 47,634 | 1,413 | 296.6 | 7 |
| Wheeling | 38,329 | 267 | 69.7 | 7 |
How Highland Park sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 25 miles. Appraisers borrow Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN rents, and the 30,794 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $161,875, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
Nearby Illinois towns
- Deerfield 19,138 residents
- Lake Forest 19,642 residents
- Northbrook 34,546 residents
- Winnetka 12,494 residents
- Glenview 47,634 residents
- Wheeling 38,329 residents
Highland Park owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Highland Park, and in what?
462 enumerations sit at Highland Park addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 150.0 for every 10,000 residents. 40 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialty physician groups follows with 63. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 462 here cover fewer than 462 practices.
02What does a $161,875 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Highland Park runs $161,875. 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.
03What does SBA lending look like around Highland Park?
$6,809,300 went to healthcare borrowers in Lake County across 16 approvals, $425,581 on average. Deals near Highland Park get sized against that record before anything else.
04What does Lake County's shortage designation change?
Lake County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Highland Park can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05Which fields carry the volume in Highland Park?
The 30 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 185, with specialty physician groups at 63 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is Highland Park underwritten as part of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?
Partly. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 25 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 30,794 residents around Highland Park. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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