Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Aurora, Ohio
Direct answer
116 healthcare providers hold a Aurora practice address, 64.5 per 10,000 of its 17,985 residents, 33 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Portage County recorded 2 SBA healthcare approvals worth $582,000, and Akron, OH sits 18 miles out.
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- Population: 17,985 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 116 across 19 fields2
- Median household income: $125,5673
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 38 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Akron, OH, 18 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 2 approvals totaling $582,0004
Fields practicing inside Aurora
Counted at the town's own addresses: 116 providers, 19 fields, 64.5 clinicians per 10,000 of the 17,985 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 38 | 21.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 7 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 7 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 6 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 5 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 4 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [5] |
Several of the 38 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Portage County
The county file holds 2 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 2 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [4] |
| Total approved capital | $582,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [4] |
| Mean deal size | $291,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [4] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 48 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Aurora the way a credit committee does
A file from here opens on 64.5 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. A short county record of 2 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. A $125,567 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Medical receivables factoring
The order comes from Aurora's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 33 percent. What a partner can actually place in Ohio is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Aurora
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, home health
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (38) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (11) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Home health (7) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
Column one counts Aurora clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Aurora file differently.
Density beside the neighboring Ohio towns
Set Aurora's 64.5 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora (current) | 17,985 | 116 | 64.5 | |
| Streetsboro | 17,877 | 132 | 73.8 | 4 |
| Twinsburg | 19,504 | 213 | 109.2 | 6 |
| Hudson | 23,073 | 228 | 98.8 | 7 |
| Solon | 23,875 | 323 | 135.3 | 8 |
| Macedonia | 12,139 | 105 | 86.5 | 9 |
| Stow | 34,101 | 271 | 79.5 | 10 |
How Aurora sits against the nearest metro
18 miles separate Aurora from Akron, OH. Lease pricing follows Akron, OH, while revenue stays capped by the 17,985 residents here. At $125,567 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
Nearby Ohio towns
What owners in Aurora ask
01How many providers practice in Aurora, and in what?
Across 19 fields, Aurora carries 116 enumerated clinicians, 64.5 per 10,000 of the 17,985 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 38 of the total, then general dentistry at 11. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Portage County show so little SBA activity?
Portage County shows 2 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. 48 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does a $125,567 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Aurora runs $125,567. 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.
04What does Portage County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Portage County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
05Is there local lending capacity in Portage County?
County Business Patterns records 48 credit intermediation establishments in Portage County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Aurora rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06Is Aurora underwritten as part of Akron, OH?
Comparables and demand split at 18 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Akron, OH; the revenue line has to hold up against 17,985 local residents.
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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