Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Circleville, Ohio
Direct answer
Pickaway County carries 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and inside Circleville the census shows 224 enumerated clinicians against 14,433 residents, 155.2 per 10,000, 16 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Columbus, OH lies 27 miles away.
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- Population: 14,433 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 224 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $56,2253
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 36 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Columbus, OH, 27 miles1
Who is enumerated in Circleville
224 providers across 29 fields, 155.2 per 10,000 residents, counted at Circleville addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 36 | 24.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 28 | 19.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 28 | 19.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 21 | 14.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 18 | 12.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 16 | 11.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 12 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 10 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 9 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 5 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Circleville practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 16 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Pickaway County credit files already show
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 26 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
155.2 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. With 0 approvals on record in Pickaway County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $56,225 in Circleville is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Circleville mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Ranked from the 29 fields that actually practice in Circleville, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Ohio and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Circleville file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Circleville that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, general dentistry.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (36) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (28) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (28) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
Circleville against nearby Ohio markets
Comparables travel. These are the Ohio towns whose density, at 155.2 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circleville (current) | 14,433 | 224 | 155.2 | |
| Canal Winchester | 10,060 | 237 | 235.6 | 18 |
| Chillicothe | 21,769 | 649 | 298.1 | 18 |
| Lancaster | 41,671 | 581 | 139.4 | 19 |
| Pickerington | 25,814 | 422 | 163.5 | 22 |
| Bexley | 12,793 | 37 | 28.9 | 25 |
| Reynoldsburg | 42,897 | 473 | 110.3 | 26 |
How Circleville sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Columbus, OH is 27 miles. That is close enough for rent in Circleville to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. Median household income runs $56,225, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 14,433 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. A college in Circleville puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Circleville is the Pickaway County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Ohio
- Canal Winchester 10,060 residents
- Chillicothe 21,769 residents
- Lancaster 41,671 residents
- Pickerington 25,814 residents
- Bexley 12,793 residents
- Reynoldsburg 42,897 residents
What owners in Circleville ask
01How many providers practice in Circleville, and in what?
Across 29 fields, Circleville carries 224 enumerated clinicians, 155.2 per 10,000 of the 14,433 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 36 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 28. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Pickaway County show so little SBA activity?
Pickaway 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. 26 lending establishments operate locally.
03Is Circleville underwritten as part of Columbus, OH?
Comparables and demand split at 27 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Columbus, OH; the revenue line has to hold up against 14,433 local residents.
04What does Pickaway County's shortage designation change?
Pickaway County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Circleville can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05How does the hospital in Circleville 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. 4 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 155.2 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $56,225 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Circleville runs $56,225. 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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