Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Ottawa, Illinois
Direct answer
211 healthcare providers hold a Ottawa practice address, 112.4 per 10,000 of its 18,775 residents, 28 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. La Salle County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Kankakee, IL sits 53 miles out.
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- Population: 18,775 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 211 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $73,0113
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 59 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Kankakee, IL, 53 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
The NPPES file puts 211 enumerated clinicians inside Ottawa, spread over 24 fields at 112.4 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 59 | 31.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 26 | 13.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 19 | 10.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 18 | 9.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 16 | 8.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 15 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Ottawa practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 28 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What La Salle County credit files already show
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 81 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Ottawa the way a credit committee does
112.4 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $73,011 in Ottawa is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Ottawa mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 24 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Illinois.
What a funder reads first in Ottawa
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Ottawa, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (59) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (26) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (19) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
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.
Ottawa against nearby Illinois markets
Comparables travel. These are the Illinois towns whose density, at 112.4 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa (current) | 18,775 | 211 | 112.4 | |
| Streator | 12,295 | 93 | 75.6 | 16 |
| Morris | 14,587 | 196 | 134.4 | 21 |
| Plano | 12,677 | 38 | 30.0 | 27 |
| Yorkville | 25,986 | 206 | 79.3 | 29 |
| Channahon | 14,392 | 54 | 37.5 | 29 |
| Minooka | 12,907 | 61 | 47.3 | 29 |
What the geography does to a Ottawa projection
Kankakee, IL lies 53 miles from Ottawa, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $73,011 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. Ottawa is the La Salle County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Illinois markets
Ottawa owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Ottawa, and in what?
211 enumerations sit at Ottawa addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 112.4 for every 10,000 residents. 28 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and chiropractic follows with 26. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 211 here cover fewer than 211 practices.
02Why does La Salle County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for La Salle County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in La Salle County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 81 credit intermediation establishments.
03What does La Salle County's shortage designation change?
La Salle County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Ottawa can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Which fields carry the volume in Ottawa?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 59 providers and chiropractic at 26 lead the 24 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
05Is Ottawa underwritten as part of Kankakee, IL?
Kankakee, IL sits 53 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Kankakee, IL; the 18,775 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Ottawa?
1 Medicare-certified providers hold an address in the town across the Care Compare categories. Certified volume this close matters on a working-capital file, because it shows the payer-mix and the reimbursement lag a funder will price into a 18,775 resident 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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