Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Mount Vernon, Illinois
Direct answer
14,162 residents, 260 enumerated clinicians, 183.6 per 10,000, 28 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Mount Vernon market a funder prices. Jefferson County adds 1 healthcare approvals worth $3,090,000 and 75 miles of distance to St. Louis, MO-IL.
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- Population: 14,162 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 260 across 28 fields2
- Median household income: $52,7513
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 73 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: St. Louis, MO-IL, 75 miles1
What NPPES records at Mount Vernon addresses
The NPPES file puts 260 enumerated clinicians inside Mount Vernon, spread over 28 fields at 183.6 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 73 | 51.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 40 | 28.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 25 | 17.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 21 | 14.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 12 | 8.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 11 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 10 | 7.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 7 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 5 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 73 of the 260 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Jefferson County
The county file holds 1 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 1 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Approved dollars | $3,090,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Average approval | $3,090,000 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 26 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
The ratio that matters up front is 183.6 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. Jefferson County has 1 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $52,751 in Mount Vernon 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
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Mount Vernon's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 28 percent. What a partner can actually place in Illinois is a separate question.
The first pages of a Mount Vernon file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Mount Vernon, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (73) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (40) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (25) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Column one counts Mount Vernon clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Mount Vernon file differently.
Mount Vernon against nearby Illinois markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Mount Vernon has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon (current) | 14,162 | 260 | 183.6 | |
| Centralia | 11,787 | 210 | 178.2 | 18 |
| Herrin | 12,253 | 170 | 138.7 | 36 |
| Marion | 17,021 | 448 | 263.2 | 40 |
| Carbondale | 22,223 | 450 | 202.5 | 44 |
| Highland | 10,028 | 141 | 140.6 | 52 |
| Shiloh | 14,754 | 95 | 64.4 | 56 |
How Mount Vernon sits against the nearest metro
Distance to St. Louis, MO-IL is 75 miles. Resale for used clinical equipment is effectively absent, which is why collateral gets marked down. Median household income runs $52,751, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 14,162 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. Mount Vernon is the Jefferson County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Illinois towns
Mount Vernon owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Mount Vernon, and in what?
260 enumerations sit at Mount Vernon addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 183.6 for every 10,000 residents. 28 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 40. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 260 here cover fewer than 260 practices.
02Does being 75 miles out change the underwriting?
At 75 miles from St. Louis, MO-IL, collateral is priced without a nearby resale market. Expect a longer appraisal window in Jefferson County and a wider discount on used equipment than a metro practice would see on the same list.
03What does Jefferson County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Jefferson 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.
04Why does Jefferson County show so little SBA activity?
Only 1 healthcare approvals appear for Jefferson County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Jefferson County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 26 credit intermediation establishments.
05How does the hospital in Mount Vernon affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 6 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Mount Vernon projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
06What does a $52,751 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Mount Vernon runs $52,751. 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.
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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