Iowa micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Boone, Iowa
Direct answer
12,461 residents, 77 enumerated clinicians, 61.8 per 10,000, 25 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Boone market a funder prices. Boone County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 13 miles of distance to Ames, IA.
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- Population: 12,461 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 77 across 12 fields2
- Median household income: $67,2693
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 19 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Ames, IA, 13 miles1
Boone clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 77 providers, 12 fields, 61.8 clinicians per 10,000 of the 12,461 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 19 | 15.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 15 | 12.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 14 | 11.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 7 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 5 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 19 of the 77 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Boone County credit files already show
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Boone County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 12 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 61.8 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 0 approvals on record in Boone County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. A $67,269 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
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
Weighted by how often each of the 12 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Iowa rules and the partner decide availability.
The first pages of a Boone file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (19) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (15) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (14) | 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 Iowa towns
Comparables travel. These are the Iowa towns whose density, at 61.8 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone (current) | 12,461 | 77 | 61.8 | |
| Ames | 69,026 | 473 | 68.5 | 13 |
| Ankeny | 76,727 | 622 | 81.1 | 26 |
| Grimes | 17,266 | 91 | 52.7 | 26 |
| Johnston | 25,022 | 418 | 167.1 | 26 |
| Urbandale | 47,759 | 380 | 79.6 | 29 |
| Clive | 19,508 | 315 | 161.5 | 30 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Boone
Distance to Ames, IA is 13 miles. Appraisers borrow Ames, IA rents, and the 12,461 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $67,269, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The Medicare-certified hospital in Boone sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. Boone is the Boone County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Iowa markets
Questions from Boone
01How many providers practice in Boone, and in what?
77 enumerations sit at Boone addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 61.8 for every 10,000 residents. 25 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 15. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 77 here cover fewer than 77 practices.
02Why does Boone County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Boone County. That tracks how few Boone County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 12 credit intermediation establishments operate in Boone County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03What does Boone County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Boone County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 12,461 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04How does the hospital in Boone affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 1 Medicare-certified providers hold Boone addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 61.8 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Boone?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 19 providers and primary care and family medicine at 15 lead the 12 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.
06Is Boone underwritten as part of Ames, IA?
Ames, IA sits 13 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Ames, IA; the 12,461 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
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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