New Jersey micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Plainfield, New Jersey
Direct answer
Union County carries 14 SBA healthcare approvals worth $9,015,200, and inside Plainfield the census shows 143 enumerated clinicians against 56,507 residents, 25.3 per 10,000, 16 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ lies 25 miles away.
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- Population: 56,507 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 143 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $80,3343
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 23 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 25 miles1
The provider census in Plainfield
The NPPES file puts 143 enumerated clinicians inside Plainfield, spread over 23 fields at 25.3 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 23 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 22 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 10 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 8 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 8 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 5 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 5 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 23 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What lenders have already approved in Union County
Lenders in Union County have already closed 14 healthcare approvals, averaging $643,943, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 14 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $9,015,200 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $643,943 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 256 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Density of 25.3 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Because Union County already carries $9,015,200 across 14 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. Household income of $80,334 in Plainfield is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
The 23 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in New Jersey.
The first pages of a Plainfield file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Plainfield that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, chiropractic.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (23) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (22) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Chiropractic (11) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
The first column is Plainfield's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Plainfield or anywhere else.
Plainfield against nearby New Jersey markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Plainfield has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainfield (current) | 56,507 | 143 | 25.3 | |
| North Plainfield | 23,072 | 66 | 28.6 | 1 |
| South Plainfield | 25,062 | 227 | 90.6 | 3 |
| Westfield | 32,050 | 494 | 154.1 | 5 |
| Middlesex | 14,874 | 73 | 49.1 | 5 |
| Metuchen | 15,470 | 214 | 138.3 | 6 |
| New Providence | 13,957 | 133 | 95.3 | 6 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Plainfield
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ lies 25 miles from Plainfield, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. At $80,334 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Referral flow comes from outside Plainfield, which a projection needs to state plainly. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Plainfield.
Nearby New Jersey towns
- North Plainfield 23,072 residents
- South Plainfield 25,062 residents
- Westfield 32,050 residents
- Middlesex 14,874 residents
- Metuchen 15,470 residents
- New Providence 13,957 residents
What owners in Plainfield ask
01How many providers practice in Plainfield, and in what?
NPPES lists 143 providers at a Plainfield practice address, 25.3 per 10,000 residents across 23 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 23 of them, 16 percent of the total, with specialty physician groups next at 22. Read that as clinicians: 143 enumerations, not 143 owners.
02What does Union County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Union County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Plainfield and evidences a staffing ramp in a 56,507 resident market.
03Which fields carry the volume in Plainfield?
The 23 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 23, with specialty physician groups at 22 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
04Is Plainfield underwritten as part of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
Comparables and demand split at 25 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ; the revenue line has to hold up against 56,507 local residents.
05Is there local lending capacity in Union County?
County Business Patterns records 256 credit intermediation establishments in Union County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Plainfield rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does SBA lending look like around Plainfield?
$9,015,200 went to healthcare borrowers in Union County across 14 approvals, $643,943 on average. Deals near Plainfield get sized against that record before anything else.
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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