New York micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Watertown, New York
Direct answer
412 healthcare providers hold a Watertown practice address, 171.4 per 10,000 of its 24,038 residents, 43 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Jefferson County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Watertown-Fort Drum, NY sits 0 miles out.
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- Population: 24,038 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 412 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $49,6923
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 176 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, 0 miles1
The provider census in Watertown
The NPPES file puts 412 enumerated clinicians inside Watertown, spread over 27 fields at 171.4 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 176 | 73.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 27 | 11.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 26 | 10.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 26 | 10.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 20 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 20 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 19 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 19 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 13 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 11 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 7 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 16 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 176 of the 412 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Jefferson County credit files already show
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Jefferson County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 56 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Watertown the way a credit committee does
Density of 171.4 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Jefferson County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $49,692 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Watertown does not appear. Availability is still a New York question.
What a funder reads first in Watertown
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Watertown, 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 (176) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (27) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (26) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
NPPES supplies the Watertown counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Watertown file is bound by them.
Density beside the neighboring New York towns
171.4 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Watertown
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown (current) | 24,038 | 412 | 171.4 | |
| Oswego | 17,047 | 421 | 247.0 | 46 |
| Fulton | 11,234 | 97 | 86.3 | 52 |
| Rome | 31,990 | 284 | 88.8 | 56 |
| Oneida | 10,066 | 140 | 139.1 | 63 |
| Utica | 63,660 | 661 | 103.8 | 69 |
| Auburn | 25,963 | 303 | 116.7 | 79 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Watertown
Distance to Watertown-Fort Drum, NY is 0 miles. Appraisers borrow Watertown-Fort Drum, NY rents, and the 24,038 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $49,692, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The Medicare-certified hospital in Watertown sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Watertown. Watertown is the Jefferson County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby New York towns
Questions from Watertown
01How many providers practice in Watertown, and in what?
NPPES lists 412 providers at a Watertown practice address, 171.4 per 10,000 residents across 27 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 176 of them, 43 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 27. Read that as clinicians: 412 enumerations, not 412 owners.
02Why does Jefferson County show so little SBA activity?
Jefferson County shows 0 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. 56 lending establishments operate locally.
03Is Watertown underwritten as part of Watertown-Fort Drum, NY?
Comparables and demand split at 0 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Watertown-Fort Drum, NY; the revenue line has to hold up against 24,038 local residents.
04What does Jefferson County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Jefferson County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 24,038 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
05How does the hospital in Watertown 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. 5 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 171.4 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $49,692 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Watertown runs $49,692. On elective and cash-pay work that is the number a funder converts into case acceptance, and it sets how much of a treatment plan a projection can assume gets started rather than deferred.
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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