Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Mount Vernon, Ohio
Direct answer
Knox County carries 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and inside Mount Vernon the census shows 267 enumerated clinicians against 17,329 residents, 154.1 per 10,000, 19 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Mansfield, OH lies 27 miles away.
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- Population: 17,329 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 267 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $54,3353
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 50 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Mansfield, OH, 27 miles1
The provider census in Mount Vernon
The NPPES file puts 267 enumerated clinicians inside Mount Vernon, spread over 23 fields at 154.1 per 10,000 residents
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 50 | 28.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 30 | 17.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 27 | 15.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 24 | 13.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 19 | 11.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 18 | 10.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 17 | 9.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 15 | 8.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 14 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 11 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 9 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Mount Vernon practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 19 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Knox County
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 30 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
154.1 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $54,335 in Mount Vernon is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Mount Vernon mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
- Healthcare AR line and payroll funding
The 23 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Ohio.
What a funder reads first in Mount Vernon
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, optometry and ophthalmology, primary care and family medicine
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (50) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (30) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
| Primary care and family medicine (27) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Mount Vernon counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Mount Vernon file is bound by them.
Mount Vernon against nearby Ohio markets
Comparables travel. These are the Ohio towns whose density, at 154.1 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon (current) | 17,329 | 267 | 154.1 | |
| Newark | 51,424 | 454 | 88.3 | 22 |
| Heath | 10,822 | 98 | 90.6 | 25 |
| Mansfield | 47,593 | 645 | 135.5 | 26 |
| New Albany | 11,604 | 252 | 217.2 | 26 |
| Pataskala | 18,493 | 109 | 58.9 | 28 |
| Galion | 10,304 | 95 | 92.2 | 29 |
What the geography does to a Mount Vernon projection
27 miles separate Mount Vernon from Mansfield, OH. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Households here carry $54,335 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 17,329 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon is the Knox County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Ohio
What owners in Mount Vernon ask
01How many providers practice in Mount Vernon, and in what?
Across 23 fields, Mount Vernon carries 267 enumerated clinicians, 154.1 per 10,000 of the 17,329 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 50 of the total, then optometry and ophthalmology at 30. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Knox County's shortage designation change?
Knox County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Mount Vernon can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Knox County show so little SBA activity?
Knox 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. 30 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Mount Vernon 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. 6 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 154.1 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Mount Vernon?
The 23 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 50, with optometry and ophthalmology at 30 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is Mount Vernon underwritten as part of Mansfield, OH?
Comparables and demand split at 27 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Mansfield, OH; the revenue line has to hold up against 17,329 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
- 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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