Michigan micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Flat Rock, Michigan
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Flat Rock runs 66.3 providers per 10,000 residents, 68 clinicians against 10,249 people, 35 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Wayne County lenders have approved 38 healthcare files worth $13,826,400 and the nearest metro is 14 miles out.
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- Population: 10,249 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 68 across 14 fields2
- Median household income: $73,2883
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 24 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Monroe, MI, 14 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 38 approvals totaling $13,826,4004
Flat Rock clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 68 enumerated clinicians inside Flat Rock, spread over 14 fields at 66.3 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 24 | 23.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 8 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 5 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 4 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 3 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 1 | CMS [5] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 24 of the 68 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Wayne County
38 healthcare approvals averaging $363,853 set the deal shape lenders in Wayne County have already underwritten
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 38 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [4] |
| Total approved capital | $13,826,400 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [4] |
| Mean deal size | $363,853 | Dollars divided by approvals [4] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 637 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
66.3 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 38 approvals worth $13,826,400 in Wayne County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $73,288 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Flat Rock households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 14 fields that actually practice in Flat Rock, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Michigan and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Flat Rock
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health, chiropractic account for most of what is enumerated in Flat Rock, 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 (24) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Home health (8) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
| Chiropractic (8) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Flat Rock providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Flat Rock, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Flat Rock prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 66.3 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock (current) | 10,249 | 68 | 66.3 | |
| Woodhaven | 12,575 | 129 | 102.6 | 3 |
| Trenton | 17,957 | 196 | 109.1 | 5 |
| Riverview | 12,011 | 131 | 109.1 | 6 |
| Southgate | 29,081 | 391 | 134.5 | 8 |
| Taylor | 61,544 | 519 | 84.3 | 9 |
| Romulus | 24,652 | 100 | 40.6 | 10 |
What the geography does to a Flat Rock projection
14 miles separate Flat Rock from Monroe, MI. Lease pricing follows Monroe, MI, while revenue stays capped by the 10,249 residents here. Median household income runs $73,288, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
Nearby Michigan towns
What owners in Flat Rock ask
01How many providers practice in Flat Rock, and in what?
Across 14 fields, Flat Rock carries 68 enumerated clinicians, 66.3 per 10,000 of the 10,249 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 24 of the total, then home health at 8. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Wayne County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Wayne County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Flat Rock and evidences a staffing ramp in a 10,249 resident market.
03What does SBA lending look like around Flat Rock?
$13,826,400 went to healthcare borrowers in Wayne County across 38 approvals, $363,853 on average. Deals near Flat Rock get sized against that record before anything else.
04Is Flat Rock underwritten as part of Monroe, MI?
Partly. Monroe, MI is 14 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 10,249 residents around Flat Rock. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Is there local lending capacity in Wayne County?
County Business Patterns records 637 credit intermediation establishments in Wayne County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Flat Rock rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Wayne County support?
Wayne 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
- 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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