Louisiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Youngsville, Louisiana
Direct answer
19,038 residents, 164 enumerated clinicians, 86.1 per 10,000, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Youngsville market a funder prices. Lafayette County adds 6 healthcare approvals worth $1,888,500 and 8 miles of distance to Lafayette, LA.
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- Population: 19,038 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 164 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $113,1643
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 49 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Lafayette, LA, 8 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 6 approvals totaling $1,888,5004
Fields practicing inside Youngsville
Counted at the town's own addresses: 164 providers, 21 fields, 86.1 clinicians per 10,000 of the 19,038 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 49 | 25.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 31 | 16.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 20 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 10 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 8 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 7 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 4 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 4 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [5] |
A single Youngsville practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 30 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Lafayette County
6 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 6 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [4] |
| Total approved capital | $1,888,500 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [4] |
| Mean deal size | $314,750 | Dollars divided by approvals [4] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 218 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Youngsville the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 86.1 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 6 approvals on record in Lafayette County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $113,164 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Youngsville households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 21 fields that actually practice in Youngsville, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Louisiana and on the funding partner.
What a funder reads first in Youngsville
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Youngsville that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, aba and autism therapy, primary care and family medicine.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (49) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| ABA and autism therapy (31) | Authorized hours against delivered hours, Payer mix stability, Billing compliance history | Working capital against authorization and billing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (20) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Youngsville counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Youngsville file is bound by them.
How Youngsville prices against its neighbors
86.1 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Youngsville
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngsville (current) | 19,038 | 164 | 86.1 | |
| Broussard | 15,312 | 101 | 66.0 | 4 |
| Abbeville | 10,902 | 172 | 157.8 | 11 |
| New Iberia | 26,849 | 313 | 116.6 | 12 |
| Carencro | 12,883 | 97 | 75.3 | 15 |
| Crowley | 11,216 | 196 | 174.8 | 24 |
| Opelousas | 15,176 | 288 | 189.8 | 30 |
What the geography does to a Youngsville projection
8 miles separate Youngsville from Lafayette, LA. Lease pricing follows Lafayette, LA, while revenue stays capped by the 19,038 residents here. Median household income runs $113,164, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
Other Louisiana markets
What owners in Youngsville ask
01How many providers practice in Youngsville, and in what?
NPPES lists 164 providers at a Youngsville practice address, 86.1 per 10,000 residents across 21 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 49 of them, 30 percent of the total, with aba and autism therapy next at 31. Read that as clinicians: 164 enumerations, not 164 owners.
02What does a $113,164 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Youngsville runs $113,164. 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.
03What does Lafayette County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Lafayette County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 19,038 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04Why does Lafayette County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 6 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Lafayette County. That tracks how few Lafayette County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 218 credit intermediation establishments operate in Lafayette County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
05Which fields carry the volume in Youngsville?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 49 providers and aba and autism therapy at 31 lead the 21 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.
06Is Youngsville underwritten as part of Lafayette, LA?
Partly. Lafayette, LA is 8 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 19,038 residents around Youngsville. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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