Kansas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Manhattan, Kansas
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Manhattan runs 99.6 providers per 10,000 residents, 545 clinicians against 54,700 people, 28 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Riley County lenders have approved 1 healthcare files worth $20,000 and the nearest metro is 0 miles out.
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- Population: 54,700 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 545 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $58,4413
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 152 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 7 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Manhattan, KS, 0 miles1
Manhattan clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 545 enumerated clinicians inside Manhattan, spread over 29 fields at 99.6 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 152 | 27.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 73 | 13.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 47 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 43 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 40 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 33 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 24 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 24 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 17 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 15 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 13 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 10 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 10 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 6 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 14 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Manhattan practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 28 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
The lending record behind Manhattan
With 1 healthcare approvals recorded, Riley County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 1 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $20,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $20,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 42 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Manhattan the way a credit committee does
A file from here opens on 99.6 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. With 1 approvals on record in Riley County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $58,441 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Manhattan households actually spend.
Programs the Manhattan mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Weighted by how often each of the 29 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Kansas rules and the partner decide availability.
What a funder reads first in Manhattan
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Manhattan, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (152) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (73) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Primary care and family medicine (47) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Column one counts Manhattan clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Manhattan file differently.
How Manhattan prices against its neighbors
Set Manhattan's 99.6 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan (current) | 54,700 | 545 | 99.6 | |
| Emporia | 24,354 | 193 | 79.2 | 59 |
| Salina | 46,109 | 497 | 107.8 | 60 |
| Lawrence | 97,271 | 873 | 89.7 | 73 |
| McPherson | 14,068 | 141 | 100.2 | 80 |
| Atchison | 10,813 | 102 | 94.3 | 83 |
| Ottawa | 12,733 | 122 | 95.8 | 83 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Manhattan
Manhattan, KS lies 0 miles from Manhattan, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Manhattan, KS rents while 54,700 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $58,441 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Manhattan. Manhattan is the Riley County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Kansas towns
What owners in Manhattan ask
01How many providers practice in Manhattan, and in what?
NPPES lists 545 providers at a Manhattan practice address, 99.6 per 10,000 residents across 29 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 152 of them, 28 percent of the total, with chiropractic next at 73. Read that as clinicians: 545 enumerations, not 545 owners.
02Why does Riley County show so little SBA activity?
Riley County shows 1 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 42 lending establishments operate locally.
03Is Manhattan underwritten as part of Manhattan, KS?
Manhattan, KS sits 0 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Manhattan, KS; the 54,700 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04Which fields carry the volume in Manhattan?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 152 of them, ahead of chiropractic at 73, across 29 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
05What does Riley County's shortage designation change?
Riley County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Manhattan can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
06How does the hospital in Manhattan affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 7 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 99.6 per 10,000 market.
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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