Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in La Grange, Illinois
Direct answer
15,943 residents, 300 enumerated clinicians, 188.2 per 10,000, 46 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the La Grange market a funder prices. Cook County adds 122 healthcare approvals worth $56,780,300 and 10 miles of distance to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
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- Population: 15,943 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 300 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $154,5563
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 138 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 10 miles1
Fields practicing inside La Grange
Counted at the town's own addresses: 300 providers, 26 fields, 188.2 clinicians per 10,000 of the 15,943 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 138 | 86.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 28 | 17.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 20 | 12.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 16 | 10.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 14 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 14 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 11 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 9 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 138 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Cook County
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
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 122 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $56,780,300 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $465,412 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 2,528 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Density of 188.2 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 $154,556 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what La Grange households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Medical receivables factoring
Weighted by how often each of the 26 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Illinois rules and the partner decide availability.
What a funder reads first in La Grange
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In La Grange that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (138) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (28) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (20) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
NPPES supplies the La Grange counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a La Grange file is bound by them.
How La Grange prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when La Grange has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange (current) | 15,943 | 300 | 188.2 | |
| Western Springs | 13,529 | 175 | 129.4 | 1 |
| Brookfield | 18,885 | 63 | 33.4 | 2 |
| La Grange Park | 13,459 | 142 | 105.5 | 2 |
| Hinsdale | 17,598 | 522 | 296.6 | 3 |
| Lyons | 10,440 | 39 | 37.4 | 3 |
| Summit | 10,761 | 26 | 24.2 | 3 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around La Grange
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN lies 10 miles from La Grange, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN rents while 15,943 residents set the revenue ceiling. At $154,556 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against.
Nearby Illinois towns
- Western Springs 13,529 residents
- Brookfield 18,885 residents
- La Grange Park 13,459 residents
- Hinsdale 17,598 residents
- Lyons 10,440 residents
- Summit 10,761 residents
What owners in La Grange ask
01How many providers practice in La Grange, and in what?
300 enumerations sit at La Grange addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 188.2 for every 10,000 residents. 46 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 28. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 300 here cover fewer than 300 practices.
02What does SBA lending look like around La Grange?
$56,780,300 went to healthcare borrowers in Cook County across 122 approvals, $465,412 on average. Deals near La Grange get sized against that record before anything else.
03What does a $154,556 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in La Grange runs $154,556. 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.
04What 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 15,943 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
05How does the hospital in La Grange 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. 1 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 188.2 per 10,000 market.
06Which fields carry the volume in La Grange?
The 26 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 138, with primary care and family medicine at 28 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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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