Mississippi micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Canton, Mississippi
Direct answer
A Canton file is read against 128 local clinicians, 118.8 for every 10,000 of its 10,777 residents, 27 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 7 SBA healthcare approvals worth $1,593,400 already recorded in Madison County, 22 miles from Jackson, MS.
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- Population: 10,777 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 128 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $34,8123
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 35 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Jackson, MS, 22 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
The NPPES file puts 128 enumerated clinicians inside Canton, spread over 22 fields at 118.8 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 35 | 32.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 20 | 18.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 14 | 13.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 7 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Canton practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 27 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Madison County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
The county file holds 7 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 7 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $1,593,400 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $227,629 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 113 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Underwriting starts with 118.8 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. A short county record of 7 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $34,812 in Canton is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Canton mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 22 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Mississippi rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in Canton
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Canton, 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 (35) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (20) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (14) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Column one counts Canton clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Canton file differently.
Canton against nearby Mississippi markets
Comparables travel. These are the Mississippi towns whose density, at 118.8 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton (current) | 10,777 | 128 | 118.8 | |
| Madison | 28,210 | 373 | 132.2 | 10 |
| Ridgeland | 24,576 | 712 | 289.7 | 14 |
| Flowood | 10,853 | 465 | 428.5 | 18 |
| Brandon | 25,870 | 367 | 141.9 | 22 |
| Pearl | 28,458 | 111 | 39.0 | 23 |
| Clinton | 26,617 | 223 | 83.8 | 25 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Canton
Jackson, MS lies 22 miles from Canton, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Jackson, MS rents while 10,777 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $34,812 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. Canton is the Madison County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
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Questions from Canton
01How many providers practice in Canton, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Canton carries 128 enumerated clinicians, 118.8 per 10,000 of the 10,777 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 35 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 20. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Madison County's shortage designation change?
Madison County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Canton can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Madison County show so little SBA activity?
Madison County shows 7 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. 113 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Canton 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. 2 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 118.8 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Canton?
The 22 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 35, with primary care and family medicine at 20 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is Canton underwritten as part of Jackson, MS?
Jackson, MS sits 22 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Jackson, MS; the 10,777 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
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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