Michigan micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Wayne, Michigan
Direct answer
17,129 residents, 218 enumerated clinicians, 127.3 per 10,000, 30 percent of them in primary care and family medicine: that is the Wayne market a funder prices. Wayne County adds 38 healthcare approvals worth $13,826,400 and 16 miles of distance to Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
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- Population: 17,129 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 218 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $54,4673
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 65 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 16 miles1
- Hospital: A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town4
Wayne clinicians, by field
127.3 providers per 10,000 residents is what 218 enumerations across 23 fields works out to in a town of 17,129
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 65 | 37.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 46 | 26.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 20 | 11.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 19 | 11.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 8 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 6 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Wayne practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 30 percent sit in primary care and family medicine, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Wayne County
38 healthcare approvals averaging $363,853 set the deal shape lenders in Wayne County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 38 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $13,826,400 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $363,853 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 637 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 127.3 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A request measured against 38 prior Wayne County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. With $54,467 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Wayne households actually spend.
Programs the Wayne mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Medical receivables factoring
Ranked from the 23 fields that actually practice in Wayne, weighted toward primary care and family medicine. Availability still depends on Michigan and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Wayne file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Wayne that means primary care and family medicine, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, home health.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (65) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (46) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Home health (20) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
Density beside the neighboring Michigan towns
Set Wayne's 127.3 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne (current) | 17,129 | 218 | 127.3 | |
| Westland | 82,745 | 545 | 65.9 | 3 |
| Inkster | 25,108 | 115 | 45.8 | 4 |
| Romulus | 24,652 | 100 | 40.6 | 4 |
| Dearborn Heights | 61,040 | 436 | 71.4 | 6 |
| Taylor | 61,544 | 519 | 84.3 | 7 |
| Allen Park | 27,604 | 241 | 87.3 | 9 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Wayne
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI lies 16 miles from Wayne, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI rents while 17,129 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $54,467 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Wayne.
More of Michigan
- Westland 82,745 residents
- Inkster 25,108 residents
- Romulus 24,652 residents
- Dearborn Heights 61,040 residents
- Taylor 61,544 residents
- Allen Park 27,604 residents
Wayne owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Wayne, and in what?
NPPES lists 218 providers at a Wayne practice address, 127.3 per 10,000 residents across 23 tracked fields. Primary care and family medicine accounts for 65 of them, 30 percent of the total, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy next at 46. Read that as clinicians: 218 enumerations, not 218 owners.
02What does SBA lending look like around Wayne?
Healthcare borrowers in Wayne County took 38 approvals worth $13,826,400 in the published fiscal year, averaging $363,853. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Wayne reaches for first.
03What does Wayne County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Wayne 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 Wayne 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. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 127.3 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Wayne?
Primary care and family medicine at 65 providers and physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 46 lead the 23 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.
06What does a $54,467 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Wayne runs $54,467. 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.
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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