Mississippi micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Tupelo, Mississippi
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Tupelo runs 215.2 providers per 10,000 residents, 813 clinicians against 37,775 people, 23 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Lee County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 72 miles out.
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- Population: 37,775 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 813 across 32 fields2
- Median household income: $66,3143
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 184 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 16 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, 72 miles1
Fields practicing inside Tupelo
813 providers across 32 fields, 215.2 per 10,000 residents, counted at Tupelo addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 184 | 48.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 138 | 36.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 90 | 23.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 71 | 18.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 44 | 11.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 40 | 10.6 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 30 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 27 | 7.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 21 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 19 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 17 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 14 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 13 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 13 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 10 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 10 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 8 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 7 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 7 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 7 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 5 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 30 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 184 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What Lee County credit files already show
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Lee County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 129 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Tupelo the way a credit committee does
A file from here opens on 215.2 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Lee County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $66,314 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Tupelo households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 32 fields that actually practice in Tupelo, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Mississippi and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Tupelo file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Tupelo, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (184) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (138) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (90) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Tupelo providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Tupelo, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Mississippi towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 215.2 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tupelo (current) | 37,775 | 813 | 215.2 | |
| Oxford | 26,801 | 450 | 167.9 | 46 |
| Corinth | 14,219 | 287 | 201.8 | 48 |
| Columbus | 22,820 | 435 | 190.6 | 56 |
| Starkville | 25,844 | 302 | 116.9 | 56 |
| Grenada | 12,138 | 127 | 104.6 | 70 |
| Olive Branch | 47,365 | 246 | 51.9 | 79 |
What the geography does to a Tupelo projection
72 miles separate Tupelo from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Equipment sold at that distance has no local buyer, and the advance rate carries the discount. At $66,314 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Tupelo is the Lee County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Mississippi
- Oxford 26,801 residents
- Corinth 14,219 residents
- Columbus 22,820 residents
- Starkville 25,844 residents
- Grenada 12,138 residents
- Olive Branch 47,365 residents
What owners in Tupelo ask
01How many providers practice in Tupelo, and in what?
NPPES lists 813 providers at a Tupelo practice address, 215.2 per 10,000 residents across 32 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 184 of them, 23 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 138. Read that as clinicians: 813 enumerations, not 813 owners.
02Why does Lee County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Lee County. That tracks how few Lee County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 129 credit intermediation establishments operate in Lee County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03Which fields carry the volume in Tupelo?
The 32 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 184, with behavioral and mental health group practices at 138 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
04Does being 72 miles out change the underwriting?
At 72 miles from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, collateral is priced without a nearby resale market. Expect a longer appraisal window in Lee County and a wider discount on used equipment than a metro practice would see on the same list.
05What does Lee County's shortage designation change?
Lee County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Tupelo can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
06How does the hospital in Tupelo affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 16 Medicare-certified providers hold Tupelo addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 215.2 per 10,000 market.
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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