Indiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Schererville, Indiana
Direct answer
29,780 residents, 242 enumerated clinicians, 81.3 per 10,000, 26 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Schererville market a funder prices. Lake County adds 4 healthcare approvals worth $961,100 and 27 miles of distance to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN.
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- Population: 29,780 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 242 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $86,0203
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 63 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, 27 miles1
What NPPES records at Schererville addresses
Counted at the town's own addresses: 242 providers, 27 fields, 81.3 clinicians per 10,000 of the 29,780 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 63 | 21.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 30 | 10.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 29 | 9.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 21 | 7.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 19 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 18 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 10 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 63 of the 242 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in Lake County
With 4 healthcare approvals recorded, Lake County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 4 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $961,100 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $240,275 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 242 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Schererville the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 81.3 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 4 approvals on record in Lake County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $86,020 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Schererville households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Schererville does not appear. Availability is still a Indiana question.
What a funder reads first in Schererville
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, chiropractic account for most of what is enumerated in Schererville, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (63) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (30) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Chiropractic (29) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Column one counts Schererville clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Schererville file differently.
Density beside the neighboring Indiana towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Schererville has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schererville (current) | 29,780 | 242 | 81.3 | |
| Griffith | 16,192 | 56 | 34.6 | 3 |
| Dyer | 16,341 | 257 | 157.3 | 4 |
| Highland | 23,497 | 270 | 114.9 | 4 |
| Munster | 23,634 | 638 | 270.0 | 5 |
| Crown Point | 35,097 | 531 | 151.3 | 7 |
| Merrillville | 36,989 | 826 | 223.3 | 7 |
How Schererville sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 27 miles. That is close enough for rent in Schererville to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. Median household income runs $86,020, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. A college in Schererville puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections.
More of Indiana
- Griffith 16,192 residents
- Dyer 16,341 residents
- Highland 23,497 residents
- Munster 23,634 residents
- Crown Point 35,097 residents
- Merrillville 36,989 residents
Questions from Schererville
01How many providers practice in Schererville, and in what?
242 enumerations sit at Schererville addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 81.3 for every 10,000 residents. 26 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and general dentistry follows with 30. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 242 here cover fewer than 242 practices.
02What does Lake County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Lake 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 Lake County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 4 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Lake County. That tracks how few Lake County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 242 credit intermediation establishments operate in Lake County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Schererville underwritten as part of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN?
Partly. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 27 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 29,780 residents around Schererville. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Is there local lending capacity in Lake County?
County Business Patterns records 242 credit intermediation establishments in Lake County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Schererville rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Lake County support?
Lake County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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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