Mississippi micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Clinton, Mississippi
Direct answer
Hinds County carries 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $525,000, and inside Clinton the census shows 223 enumerated clinicians against 26,617 residents, 83.8 per 10,000, 27 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Jackson, MS lies 8 miles away.
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- Population: 26,617 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 223 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $70,9133
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 61 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Jackson, MS, 8 miles1
What NPPES records at Clinton addresses
223 providers across 22 fields, 83.8 per 10,000 residents, counted at Clinton addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 61 | 22.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 29 | 10.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 20 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 16 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 15 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 13 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 12 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 8 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 6 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 5 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 4 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Clinton 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.
What Hinds County credit files already show
1 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 1 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $525,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $525,000 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 167 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 83.8 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 1 approvals on record in Hinds County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $70,913 in Clinton is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
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
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Clinton does not appear. Availability is still a Mississippi question.
What a funder reads first in Clinton
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, general dentistry
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (61) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (29) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (20) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
NPPES supplies the Clinton counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Clinton file is bound by them.
Clinton against nearby Mississippi markets
Set Clinton's 83.8 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton (current) | 26,617 | 223 | 83.8 | |
| Byram | 12,656 | 108 | 85.3 | 12 |
| Ridgeland | 24,576 | 712 | 289.7 | 12 |
| Madison | 28,210 | 373 | 132.2 | 15 |
| Flowood | 10,853 | 465 | 428.5 | 16 |
| Pearl | 28,458 | 111 | 39.0 | 16 |
| Brandon | 25,870 | 367 | 141.9 | 21 |
What the geography does to a Clinton projection
8 miles separate Clinton from Jackson, MS. Lease pricing follows Jackson, MS, while revenue stays capped by the 26,617 residents here. Median household income runs $70,913, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Referral flow comes from outside Clinton, which a projection needs to state plainly. A college in Clinton puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections.
Other Mississippi markets
Questions from Clinton
01How many providers practice in Clinton, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Clinton carries 223 enumerated clinicians, 83.8 per 10,000 of the 26,617 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 61 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 29. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Hinds County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Hinds County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Clinton and evidences a staffing ramp in a 26,617 resident market.
03Why does Hinds County show so little SBA activity?
Only 1 healthcare approvals appear for Hinds County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Hinds County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 167 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Clinton underwritten as part of Jackson, MS?
Comparables and demand split at 8 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Jackson, MS; the revenue line has to hold up against 26,617 local residents.
05Is there local lending capacity in Hinds County?
County Business Patterns records 167 credit intermediation establishments in Hinds County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Clinton rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Hinds County support?
Hinds 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
- 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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