Oklahoma micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Lawton, Oklahoma
Direct answer
774 healthcare providers hold a Lawton practice address, 86.0 per 10,000 of its 90,027 residents, 18 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Comanche County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Lawton, OK sits 0 miles out.
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- Population: 90,027 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 774 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $53,5883
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 138 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 17 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Lawton, OK, 0 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
The NPPES file puts 774 enumerated clinicians inside Lawton, spread over 31 fields at 86.0 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 138 | 15.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 135 | 15.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 119 | 13.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 51 | 5.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 43 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 40 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 38 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 32 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 28 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 23 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 20 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 16 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 15 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 9 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 7 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 7 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 6 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 25 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 3 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 138 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Comanche County
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind 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 | 88 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 86.0 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Comanche County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $53,588 in Lawton is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Lawton's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 18 percent. What a partner can actually place in Oklahoma is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Lawton
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Lawton that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (138) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (135) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (119) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
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.
Lawton against nearby Oklahoma markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Lawton has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawton (current) | 90,027 | 774 | 86.0 | |
| Duncan | 23,174 | 207 | 89.3 | 28 |
| Chickasha | 17,014 | 180 | 105.8 | 40 |
| Altus | 18,543 | 163 | 87.9 | 50 |
| Newcastle | 14,677 | 64 | 43.6 | 64 |
| Weatherford | 12,047 | 112 | 93.0 | 65 |
| Mustang | 23,965 | 115 | 48.0 | 66 |
How Lawton sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Lawton, OK is 0 miles. Appraisers borrow Lawton, OK rents, and the 90,027 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $53,588 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Lawton is the Comanche County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Oklahoma
Questions from Lawton
01How many providers practice in Lawton, and in what?
774 enumerations sit at Lawton addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 86.0 for every 10,000 residents. 18 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 135. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 774 here cover fewer than 774 practices.
02Which fields carry the volume in Lawton?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 138 providers and primary care and family medicine at 135 lead the 31 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.
03What does Comanche County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Comanche County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 90,027 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04Why does Comanche County show so little SBA activity?
Comanche 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. 88 lending establishments operate locally.
05How does the hospital in Lawton 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. 17 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 86.0 per 10,000 market.
06Is there local lending capacity in Comanche County?
County Business Patterns records 88 credit intermediation establishments in Comanche County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Lawton rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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