New Jersey micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Garfield, New Jersey
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Garfield runs 28.9 providers per 10,000 residents, 97 clinicians against 33,530 people, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Bergen County lenders have approved 39 healthcare files worth $19,343,600 and the nearest metro is 17 miles out.
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- Population: 33,530 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 97 across 17 fields2
- Median household income: $75,7013
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 20 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 17 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 39 approvals totaling $19,343,6004
Garfield clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 97 enumerated clinicians inside Garfield, spread over 17 fields at 28.9 per 10,000 residents
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 20 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 12 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 9 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 7 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 6 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 4 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 4 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [5] |
A single Garfield practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 21 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Bergen County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
The published file shows 39 healthcare approvals in Bergen County, $19,343,600 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 39 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [4] |
| Approved dollars | $19,343,600 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [4] |
| Average approval | $495,990 | Dollars divided by approvals [4] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 598 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 28.9 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A request measured against 39 prior Bergen County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. With $75,701 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Garfield households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Startup and de novo
- Practice acquisition
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Garfield's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 21 percent. What a partner can actually place in New Jersey is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Garfield
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, general dentistry
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (20) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (12) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| General dentistry (9) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Counts in the first column are Garfield providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Garfield, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Garfield prices against its neighbors
Set Garfield's 28.9 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield (current) | 33,530 | 97 | 28.9 | |
| Lodi | 26,358 | 113 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Elmwood Park | 21,680 | 124 | 57.2 | 2 |
| Hasbrouck Heights | 12,253 | 89 | 72.6 | 2 |
| Passaic | 70,722 | 357 | 50.5 | 2 |
| Wallington | 12,060 | 34 | 28.2 | 2 |
| Clifton | 90,322 | 1,120 | 124.0 | 3 |
How Garfield sits against the nearest metro
Distance to New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 17 miles. Appraisers borrow New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ rents, and the 33,530 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $75,701, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
Other New Jersey markets
- Lodi 26,358 residents
- Elmwood Park 21,680 residents
- Hasbrouck Heights 12,253 residents
- Passaic 70,722 residents
- Wallington 12,060 residents
- Clifton 90,322 residents
Garfield owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Garfield, and in what?
Across 17 fields, Garfield carries 97 enumerated clinicians, 28.9 per 10,000 of the 33,530 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 20 of the total, then chiropractic at 12. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does SBA lending look like around Garfield?
$19,343,600 went to healthcare borrowers in Bergen County across 39 approvals, $495,990 on average. Deals near Garfield get sized against that record before anything else.
03Is Garfield underwritten as part of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
Partly. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 17 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 33,530 residents around Garfield. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
04Is there local lending capacity in Bergen County?
County Business Patterns records 598 credit intermediation establishments in Bergen County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Garfield rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
05What does the underserved designation in Bergen County support?
Bergen 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.
06Which fields carry the volume in Garfield?
The 17 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 20, with chiropractic at 12 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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