Iowa micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Indianola, Iowa
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Indianola runs 77.3 providers per 10,000 residents, 126 clinicians against 16,297 people, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Warren County lenders have approved 1 healthcare files worth $250,000 and the nearest metro is 15 miles out.
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- Population: 16,297 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 126 across 17 fields2
- Median household income: $78,1253
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 38 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA, 15 miles1
Indianola clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 126 providers, 17 fields, 77.3 clinicians per 10,000 of the 16,297 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 38 | 23.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 24 | 14.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 13 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 12 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 38 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
The lending record behind Indianola
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $250,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $250,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 24 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
A file from here opens on 77.3 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $78,125 in Indianola is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Indianola mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Indianola's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 30 percent. What a partner can actually place in Iowa is a separate question.
The first pages of a Indianola file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Indianola that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (38) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (24) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (13) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Indianola counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Indianola file is bound by them.
How Indianola prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 77.3 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianola (current) | 16,297 | 126 | 77.3 | |
| Norwalk | 15,396 | 135 | 87.7 | 11 |
| Pleasant Hill | 11,942 | 64 | 53.6 | 17 |
| Altoona | 22,598 | 167 | 73.9 | 20 |
| Clive | 19,508 | 315 | 161.5 | 21 |
| Urbandale | 47,759 | 380 | 79.6 | 22 |
| Waukee | 34,420 | 216 | 62.8 | 23 |
How Indianola sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 15 miles. Appraisers borrow Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA rents, and the 16,297 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $78,125 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Referral flow comes from outside Indianola, which a projection needs to state plainly. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Indianola is the Warren County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Iowa
What owners in Indianola ask
01How many providers practice in Indianola, and in what?
Across 17 fields, Indianola carries 126 enumerated clinicians, 77.3 per 10,000 of the 16,297 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 38 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 24. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Warren County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Warren County. That tracks how few Warren County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 24 credit intermediation establishments operate in Warren County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03What does Warren County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, mental health, Warren 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.
04Is Indianola underwritten as part of Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA?
Partly. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 15 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 16,297 residents around Indianola. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Does being the Warren County seat change anything?
Indianola is the Warren County seat, so county payroll steadies the payer mix and courthouse traffic keeps the daytime population above the 16,297 residents on the census. Both show up as a flatter seasonal curve in a collections history.
06Which fields carry the volume in Indianola?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 38 providers and primary care and family medicine at 24 lead the 17 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.
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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