Minnesota micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Direct answer
A Lake Elmo file is read against 104 local clinicians, 73.4 for every 10,000 of its 14,161 residents, 25 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 8 SBA healthcare approvals worth $2,149,000 already recorded in Washington County, 18 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
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- Population: 14,161 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 104 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $153,4073
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 26 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 18 miles1
Fields practicing inside Lake Elmo
Counted at the town's own addresses: 104 providers, 21 fields, 73.4 clinicians per 10,000 of the 14,161 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 26 | 18.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 13 | 9.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 12 | 8.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 8 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 7 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 6 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Lake Elmo practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 25 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Washington County
8 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 8 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $2,149,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $268,625 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 124 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Lake Elmo the way a credit committee does
At 73.4 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A short county record of 8 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $153,407 in Lake Elmo is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Lake Elmo mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Medical receivables factoring
Ranked from the 21 fields that actually practice in Lake Elmo, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Minnesota and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Lake Elmo
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, dental specialties
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (26) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (13) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Dental specialties (12) | Collections concentrated in the selling doctor, Referral source concentration, Contract receivables on payment plans | Specialty practice acquisition |
Column one counts Lake Elmo clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Lake Elmo file differently.
How Lake Elmo prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 73.4 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Elmo (current) | 14,161 | 104 | 73.4 | |
| Oakdale | 30,441 | 171 | 56.2 | 3 |
| Maplewood | 40,142 | 438 | 109.1 | 6 |
| Stillwater | 19,386 | 453 | 233.7 | 6 |
| Woodbury | 80,596 | 1,002 | 124.3 | 6 |
| White Bear Lake | 23,479 | 277 | 118.0 | 7 |
| Little Canada | 10,590 | 54 | 51.0 | 9 |
How Lake Elmo sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 18 miles. Appraisers borrow Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI rents, and the 14,161 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $153,407 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
More of Minnesota
- Oakdale 30,441 residents
- Maplewood 40,142 residents
- Stillwater 19,386 residents
- Woodbury 80,596 residents
- White Bear Lake 23,479 residents
- Little Canada 10,590 residents
Questions from Lake Elmo
01How many providers practice in Lake Elmo, and in what?
Across 21 fields, Lake Elmo carries 104 enumerated clinicians, 73.4 per 10,000 of the 14,161 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 26 of the total, then chiropractic at 13. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Washington County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Washington County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Lake Elmo and evidences a staffing ramp in a 14,161 resident market.
03Why does Washington County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 8 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Washington County. That tracks how few Washington County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 124 credit intermediation establishments operate in Washington County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Lake Elmo underwritten as part of Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?
Partly. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 18 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 14,161 residents around Lake Elmo. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05What does a $153,407 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Lake Elmo runs $153,407. 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.
06Is there local lending capacity in Washington County?
County Business Patterns records 124 credit intermediation establishments in Washington County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Lake Elmo 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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