Massachusetts micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Agawam, Massachusetts
Direct answer
A Agawam file is read against 166 local clinicians, 57.7 for every 10,000 of its 28,749 residents, 40 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 7 SBA healthcare approvals worth $4,880,000 already recorded in Hampden County, 7 miles from Springfield, MA.
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- Population: 28,749 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 166 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $82,3593
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 67 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Springfield, MA, 7 miles1
The provider census in Agawam
57.7 providers per 10,000 residents is what 166 enumerations across 21 fields works out to in a town of 28,749
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 67 | 23.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 20 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 9 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 8 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 7 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 6 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 4 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 67 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 Hampden County
With 7 healthcare approvals recorded, Hampden County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 7 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $4,880,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $697,143 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 239 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
The ratio that matters up front is 57.7 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A short county record of 7 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. A $82,359 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Medical receivables factoring
The 21 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Massachusetts.
Underwriting by field in Agawam
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care, dme and hme suppliers
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (67) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care (20) | Census and occupancy, Staffing reporting, Survey history | Working capital |
| DME and HME suppliers (10) | Accreditation and surety bond status, Rental versus sale revenue split, Denial rate and documentation quality | Inventory and rental fleet |
Counts in the first column are Agawam providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Agawam, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Massachusetts towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 57.7 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agawam (current) | 28,749 | 166 | 57.7 | |
| West Springfield | 29,028 | 439 | 151.2 | 4 |
| Westfield | 40,403 | 338 | 83.7 | 7 |
| Chicopee | 55,381 | 264 | 47.7 | 9 |
| Holyoke | 37,838 | 647 | 171.0 | 10 |
| Easthampton | 16,020 | 135 | 84.3 | 14 |
| Northampton | 31,315 | 517 | 165.1 | 18 |
What the geography does to a Agawam projection
7 miles separate Agawam from Springfield, MA. Lease pricing follows Springfield, MA, while revenue stays capped by the 28,749 residents here. At $82,359 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
More of Massachusetts
- West Springfield 29,028 residents
- Westfield 40,403 residents
- Chicopee 55,381 residents
- Holyoke 37,838 residents
- Easthampton 16,020 residents
- Northampton 31,315 residents
Agawam owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Agawam, and in what?
NPPES lists 166 providers at a Agawam practice address, 57.7 per 10,000 residents across 21 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 67 of them, 40 percent of the total, with skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care next at 20. Read that as clinicians: 166 enumerations, not 166 owners.
02What does Hampden County's shortage designation change?
Hampden County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Agawam can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Hampden County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 7 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Hampden County. That tracks how few Hampden County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 239 credit intermediation establishments operate in Hampden County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Agawam underwritten as part of Springfield, MA?
Springfield, MA sits 7 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Springfield, MA; the 28,749 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Is there local lending capacity in Hampden County?
County Business Patterns records 239 credit intermediation establishments in Hampden County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Agawam rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Hampden County support?
Hampden County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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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