Iowa micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Burlington, Iowa
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Burlington runs 56.3 providers per 10,000 residents, 133 clinicians against 23,637 people, 25 percent of them in chiropractic, while Des Moines County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 58 miles out.
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- Population: 23,637 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 133 across 19 fields2
- Median household income: $55,2743
- Largest provider field: Chiropractic: 33 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL, 58 miles1
Burlington clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 133 providers, 19 fields, 56.3 clinicians per 10,000 of the 23,637 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | 33 | 14.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 22 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 20 | 8.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 8 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 8 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 7 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 33 chiropractic enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What Des Moines County credit files already show
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Des Moines County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind 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 | 28 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
The ratio that matters up front is 56.3 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. Des Moines County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $55,274 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Startup and de novo
- Practice acquisition
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
Ranked from the 19 fields that actually practice in Burlington, weighted toward chiropractic. Availability still depends on Iowa and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Burlington
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: chiropractic, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, optometry and ophthalmology
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic (33) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (22) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (20) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Burlington providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Burlington, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Iowa towns
Comparables travel. These are the Iowa towns whose density, at 56.3 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington (current) | 23,637 | 133 | 56.3 | |
| Muscatine | 23,298 | 230 | 98.7 | 42 |
| Bettendorf | 40,281 | 482 | 119.7 | 62 |
| Coralville | 23,959 | 375 | 156.5 | 66 |
| North Liberty | 21,904 | 158 | 72.1 | 69 |
| Ottumwa | 25,648 | 174 | 67.8 | 69 |
| Clinton | 24,118 | 299 | 124.0 | 85 |
How Burlington sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 58 miles. That is close enough for rent in Burlington to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. At $55,274 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. Burlington is the Des Moines County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Iowa
- Muscatine 23,298 residents
- Bettendorf 40,281 residents
- Coralville 23,959 residents
- North Liberty 21,904 residents
- Ottumwa 25,648 residents
- Clinton 24,118 residents
Burlington owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Burlington, and in what?
Across 19 fields, Burlington carries 133 enumerated clinicians, 56.3 per 10,000 of the 23,637 people living here. The concentration is in chiropractic, 33 of the total, then physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 22. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Des Moines County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Des Moines County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 23,637 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Des Moines County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Des Moines County. That tracks how few Des Moines County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 28 credit intermediation establishments operate in Des Moines County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Burlington underwritten as part of Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL?
Partly. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 58 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 23,637 residents around Burlington. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05What does the underserved designation in Des Moines County support?
Des Moines 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.
06What does a $55,274 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Burlington runs $55,274. 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.
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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