North Carolina micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Carrboro, North Carolina
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Carrboro runs 73.5 providers per 10,000 residents, 155 clinicians against 21,079 people, 43 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Orange County lenders have approved 4 healthcare files worth $3,014,100 and the nearest metro is 11 miles out.
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- Population: 21,079 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 155 across 19 fields2
- Median household income: $85,9273
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 67 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, 11 miles1
Who is enumerated in Carrboro
Counted at the town's own addresses: 155 providers, 19 fields, 73.5 clinicians per 10,000 of the 21,079 residents here
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 67 | 31.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 16 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 12 | 5.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 9 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 4 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 4 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 67 of the 155 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Orange County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
With 4 healthcare approvals recorded, Orange County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 4 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $3,014,100 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $753,525 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 53 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Carrboro the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 73.5 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 4 approvals on record in Orange County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $85,927 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Carrboro households actually spend.
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
The 19 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in North Carolina.
What a funder reads first in Carrboro
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Carrboro that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, ketamine, tms, and interventional psychiatry.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (67) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (16) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry (12) | Session series completion, Coverage mix, Device utilization | Treatment device purchase |
Counts in the first column are Carrboro providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Carrboro, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Carrboro prices against its neighbors
Set Carrboro's 73.5 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrboro (current) | 21,079 | 155 | 73.5 | |
| Mebane | 20,654 | 136 | 65.8 | 15 |
| Morrisville | 32,628 | 284 | 87.0 | 15 |
| Apex | 75,977 | 628 | 82.7 | 18 |
| Graham | 19,311 | 108 | 55.9 | 19 |
| Holly Springs | 48,674 | 324 | 66.6 | 23 |
| Burlington | 61,365 | 762 | 124.2 | 24 |
What the geography does to a Carrboro projection
11 miles separate Carrboro from Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. Lease pricing follows Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, while revenue stays capped by the 21,079 residents here. Median household income runs $85,927, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
Other North Carolina markets
- Mebane 20,654 residents
- Morrisville 32,628 residents
- Apex 75,977 residents
- Graham 19,311 residents
- Holly Springs 48,674 residents
- Burlington 61,365 residents
Questions from Carrboro
01How many providers practice in Carrboro, and in what?
NPPES lists 155 providers at a Carrboro practice address, 73.5 per 10,000 residents across 19 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 67 of them, 43 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 16. Read that as clinicians: 155 enumerations, not 155 owners.
02Why does Orange County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 4 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Orange County. That tracks how few Orange County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 53 credit intermediation establishments operate in Orange County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03What does Orange County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Orange County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Carrboro and evidences a staffing ramp in a 21,079 resident market.
04Which fields carry the volume in Carrboro?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 67 providers and primary care and family medicine at 16 lead the 19 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
05Is Carrboro underwritten as part of Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC sits 11 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Durham-Chapel Hill, NC; the 21,079 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Carrboro?
1 Medicare-certified providers hold an address in the town across the Care Compare categories. Certified volume this close matters on a working-capital file, because it shows the payer-mix and the reimbursement lag a funder will price into a 21,079 resident 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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