Indiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Huntington, Indiana
Direct answer
A Huntington file is read against 129 local clinicians, 75.7 for every 10,000 of its 17,033 residents, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Huntington County, 24 miles from Fort Wayne, IN.
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- Population: 17,033 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 129 across 17 fields2
- Median household income: $51,2203
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 27 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Fort Wayne, IN, 24 miles1
Fields practicing inside Huntington
Counted at the town's own addresses: 129 providers, 17 fields, 75.7 clinicians per 10,000 of the 17,033 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 27 | 15.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 22 | 12.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 12 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 10 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Huntington practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 21 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Huntington County
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Huntington County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 24 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Huntington the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 75.7 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 0 approvals on record in Huntington County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $51,220 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Huntington households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 17 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Indiana.
What a funder reads first in Huntington
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, optometry and ophthalmology account for most of what is enumerated in Huntington, 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 (27) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (22) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (12) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start 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 Indiana towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 75.7 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington (current) | 17,033 | 129 | 75.7 | |
| Wabash | 10,275 | 118 | 114.8 | 18 |
| Bluffton | 10,556 | 106 | 100.4 | 20 |
| Marion | 28,216 | 370 | 131.1 | 24 |
| Huntertown | 11,481 | 14 | 12.2 | 29 |
| New Haven | 16,200 | 56 | 34.6 | 29 |
| Decatur | 10,072 | 73 | 72.5 | 30 |
How Huntington sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Fort Wayne, IN is 24 miles. Appraisers borrow Fort Wayne, IN rents, and the 17,033 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $51,220, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. A college in Huntington puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Huntington is the Huntington County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Indiana towns
What owners in Huntington ask
01How many providers practice in Huntington, and in what?
NPPES lists 129 providers at a Huntington practice address, 75.7 per 10,000 residents across 17 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 27 of them, 21 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 22. Read that as clinicians: 129 enumerations, not 129 owners.
02What does Huntington County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Huntington 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.
03Why does Huntington County show so little SBA activity?
Huntington County shows 0 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 24 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Huntington 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. 2 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 75.7 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $51,220 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Huntington runs $51,220. 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.
06Which fields carry the volume in Huntington?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 27 of them, ahead of primary care and family medicine at 22, across 17 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
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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