Kansas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Emporia, Kansas
Direct answer
193 healthcare providers hold a Emporia practice address, 79.2 per 10,000 of its 24,354 residents, 17 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Lyon County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Topeka, KS sits 51 miles out.
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- Population: 24,354 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 193 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $52,7873
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 33 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Topeka, KS, 51 miles1
Who is enumerated in Emporia
79.2 providers per 10,000 residents is what 193 enumerations across 26 fields works out to in a town of 24,354
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 33 | 13.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 9.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 21 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 20 | 8.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 17 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 13 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 12 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 8 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 4 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 33 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What lenders have already approved in Lyon County
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 24 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
79.2 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $52,787 in Emporia is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Emporia does not appear. Availability is still a Kansas question.
The first pages of a Emporia file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, optometry and ophthalmology
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (33) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (21) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
Column one counts Emporia clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Emporia file differently.
Emporia against nearby Kansas markets
Comparables travel. These are the Kansas towns whose density, at 79.2 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emporia (current) | 24,354 | 193 | 79.2 | |
| Ottawa | 12,733 | 122 | 95.8 | 52 |
| El Dorado | 12,694 | 102 | 80.4 | 54 |
| Manhattan | 54,700 | 545 | 99.6 | 59 |
| Lawrence | 97,271 | 873 | 89.7 | 63 |
| Newton | 18,320 | 224 | 122.3 | 67 |
| Andover | 17,000 | 132 | 77.6 | 71 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Emporia
Topeka, KS lies 51 miles from Emporia, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $52,787 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Emporia is the Lyon County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Kansas markets
What owners in Emporia ask
01How many providers practice in Emporia, and in what?
Across 26 fields, Emporia carries 193 enumerated clinicians, 79.2 per 10,000 of the 24,354 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 33 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 23. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Lyon County's shortage designation change?
Lyon County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Emporia can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Lyon County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Lyon County. That tracks how few Lyon County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 24 credit intermediation establishments operate in Lyon County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04How does the hospital in Emporia affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 3 Medicare-certified providers hold Emporia addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 79.2 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $52,787 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Emporia runs $52,787. 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 Emporia?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 33 providers and primary care and family medicine at 23 lead the 26 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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