Massachusetts micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Taunton, Massachusetts
Direct answer
61,936 residents, 432 enumerated clinicians, 69.7 per 10,000, 22 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices: that is the Taunton market a funder prices. Bristol County adds 6 healthcare approvals worth $1,564,900 and 18 miles of distance to Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
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- Population: 61,936 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 432 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $79,7153
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 94 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 18 miles1
Taunton clinicians, by field
432 providers across 22 fields, 69.7 per 10,000 residents, counted at Taunton addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 94 | 15.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 59 | 9.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 47 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 42 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 38 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 22 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 20 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 18 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 16 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 16 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 14 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 11 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 10 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 7 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 5 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Behavioral and mental health group practices carries 94 of the 432 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Bristol County credit files already show
6 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 6 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $1,564,900 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $260,817 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 277 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
The ratio that matters up front is 69.7 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. With 6 approvals on record in Bristol County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $79,715 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Taunton households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 22 fields that actually practice in Taunton, weighted toward behavioral and mental health group practices. Availability still depends on Massachusetts and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Taunton
behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, optometry and ophthalmology account for most of what is enumerated in Taunton, 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 (94) | 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 (59) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (47) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Taunton providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Taunton, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Taunton prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 69.7 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton (current) | 61,936 | 432 | 69.7 | |
| Bridgewater | 29,167 | 118 | 40.5 | 8 |
| Attleboro | 47,085 | 467 | 99.2 | 10 |
| Fall River | 94,689 | 1,005 | 106.1 | 12 |
| Randolph | 35,114 | 311 | 88.6 | 19 |
| Franklin | 33,742 | 268 | 79.4 | 20 |
| Braintree | 39,134 | 497 | 127.0 | 21 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Taunton
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA lies 18 miles from Taunton, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Providence-Warwick, RI-MA rents while 61,936 residents set the revenue ceiling. Median household income runs $79,715, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Taunton is the Bristol County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Massachusetts
- Bridgewater 29,167 residents
- Attleboro 47,085 residents
- Fall River 94,689 residents
- Randolph 35,114 residents
- Franklin 33,742 residents
- Braintree 39,134 residents
Questions from Taunton
01How many providers practice in Taunton, and in what?
NPPES lists 432 providers at a Taunton practice address, 69.7 per 10,000 residents across 22 tracked fields. Behavioral and mental health group practices accounts for 94 of them, 22 percent of the total, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy next at 59. Read that as clinicians: 432 enumerations, not 432 owners.
02Why does Bristol County show so little SBA activity?
Bristol County shows 6 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. 277 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does Bristol County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Bristol County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
04How does the hospital in Taunton 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. 3 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 69.7 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Taunton?
Behavioral and mental health group practices at 94 providers and physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 59 lead the 22 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 there local lending capacity in Bristol County?
County Business Patterns records 277 credit intermediation establishments in Bristol County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Taunton rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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