Illinois micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Pekin, Illinois
Direct answer
A Pekin file is read against 213 local clinicians, 68.1 for every 10,000 of its 31,266 residents, 22 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 6 SBA healthcare approvals worth $848,000 already recorded in Tazewell County, 13 miles from Peoria, IL.
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- Population: 31,266 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 213 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $58,3553
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 46 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Peoria, IL, 13 miles1
What NPPES records at Pekin addresses
Counted at the town's own addresses: 213 providers, 23 fields, 68.1 clinicians per 10,000 of the 31,266 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 46 | 14.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 43 | 13.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 17 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 16 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 16 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 12 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 12 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Pekin practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 22 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Tazewell County
With 6 healthcare approvals recorded, Tazewell County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 6 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $848,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $141,333 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 63 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
68.1 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. With 6 approvals on record in Tazewell County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. A $58,355 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Pekin mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 23 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Illinois.
Underwriting by field in Pekin
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Pekin that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, chiropractic.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (46) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (43) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Chiropractic (17) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
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.
Density beside the neighboring Illinois towns
Comparables travel. These are the Illinois towns whose density, at 68.1 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pekin (current) | 31,266 | 213 | 68.1 | |
| East Peoria | 22,024 | 139 | 63.1 | 8 |
| Morton | 17,557 | 143 | 81.4 | 9 |
| Washington | 15,857 | 156 | 98.4 | 14 |
| Canton | 12,896 | 113 | 87.6 | 22 |
| Lincoln | 13,047 | 108 | 82.8 | 32 |
| Normal | 53,304 | 335 | 62.8 | 33 |
What the geography does to a Pekin projection
13 miles separate Pekin from Peoria, IL. Lease pricing follows Peoria, IL, while revenue stays capped by the 31,266 residents here. Households here carry $58,355 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Hospital coverage inside Pekin means a call schedule can be evidenced rather than described. Pekin is the Tazewell County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Illinois
- East Peoria 22,024 residents
- Morton 17,557 residents
- Washington 15,857 residents
- Canton 12,896 residents
- Lincoln 13,047 residents
- Normal 53,304 residents
What owners in Pekin ask
01How many providers practice in Pekin, and in what?
NPPES lists 213 providers at a Pekin practice address, 68.1 per 10,000 residents across 23 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 46 of them, 22 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 43. Read that as clinicians: 213 enumerations, not 213 owners.
02What does Tazewell County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Tazewell County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 31,266 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Tazewell County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 6 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Tazewell County. That tracks how few Tazewell County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 63 credit intermediation establishments operate in Tazewell County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04How does the hospital in Pekin affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 2 Medicare-certified providers hold Pekin addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 68.1 per 10,000 market.
05Is Pekin underwritten as part of Peoria, IL?
Comparables and demand split at 13 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Peoria, IL; the revenue line has to hold up against 31,266 local residents.
06Is there local lending capacity in Tazewell County?
County Business Patterns records 63 credit intermediation establishments in Tazewell County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Pekin 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
- 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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