Louisiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Crowley, Louisiana
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Crowley runs 174.8 providers per 10,000 residents, 196 clinicians against 11,216 people, 22 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices, while Acadia County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 21 miles out.
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- Population: 11,216 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 196 across 25 fields2
- Median household income: $27,8263
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 44 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Lafayette, LA, 21 miles1
Crowley clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 196 providers, 25 fields, 174.8 clinicians per 10,000 of the 11,216 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 44 | 39.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 35 | 31.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 20.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 12 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 12 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 12 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 10 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 7 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 6 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 5 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Crowley practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 22 percent sit in behavioral and mental health group practices, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
The lending record behind Crowley
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 45 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
At 174.8 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. A $27,826 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Crowley mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Crowley does not appear. Availability is still a Louisiana question.
Underwriting by field in Crowley
behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Crowley, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (44) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (35) | 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 |
Counts in the first column are Crowley providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Crowley, not what any funder will do with your file.
Crowley against nearby Louisiana markets
Comparables travel. These are the Louisiana towns whose density, at 174.8 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowley (current) | 11,216 | 196 | 174.8 | |
| Carencro | 12,883 | 97 | 75.3 | 21 |
| Abbeville | 10,902 | 172 | 157.8 | 22 |
| Youngsville | 19,038 | 164 | 86.1 | 24 |
| Broussard | 15,312 | 101 | 66.0 | 26 |
| Opelousas | 15,176 | 288 | 189.8 | 27 |
| New Iberia | 26,849 | 313 | 116.6 | 36 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Crowley
Lafayette, LA lies 21 miles from Crowley, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Lafayette, LA rents while 11,216 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $27,826 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. The Medicare-certified hospital in Crowley sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. Crowley is the Acadia County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Louisiana towns
- Carencro 12,883 residents
- Abbeville 10,902 residents
- Youngsville 19,038 residents
- Broussard 15,312 residents
- Opelousas 15,176 residents
- New Iberia 26,849 residents
Crowley owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Crowley, and in what?
NPPES lists 196 providers at a Crowley practice address, 174.8 per 10,000 residents across 25 tracked fields. Behavioral and mental health group practices accounts for 44 of them, 22 percent of the total, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy next at 35. Read that as clinicians: 196 enumerations, not 196 owners.
02Why does Acadia County show so little SBA activity?
Acadia County shows 0 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. 45 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does Acadia County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Acadia County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 11,216 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04How does the hospital in Crowley 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. 4 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 174.8 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $27,826 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Crowley runs $27,826. 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 Crowley?
The 25 enumerated fields are led by behavioral and mental health group practices at 44, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 35 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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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