Oregon micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Independence, Oregon
Direct answer
10,295 residents, 37 enumerated clinicians, 35.9 per 10,000, 27 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices: that is the Independence market a funder prices. Polk County adds 3 healthcare approvals worth $764,900 and 10 miles of distance to Salem, OR.
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- Population: 10,295 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 37 across 10 fields2
- Median household income: $79,1583
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 10 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Salem, OR, 10 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 3 approvals totaling $764,9004
Independence clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 37 enumerated clinicians inside Independence, spread over 10 fields at 35.9 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 10 | 9.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 7.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 7 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 5 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
A single Independence practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 27 percent sit in behavioral and mental health group practices, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Polk County
3 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 3 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [4] |
| Approved dollars | $764,900 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [4] |
| Average approval | $254,967 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [4] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 28 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [5] |
Reading Independence the way a credit committee does
35.9 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 3 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $79,158 in Independence is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Independence mix reaches for
- Working capital term loan
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Business line of credit
The order comes from Independence's own provider mix, which behavioral and mental health group practices dominates at 27 percent. What a partner can actually place in Oregon is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Independence
behavioral and mental health group practices, chiropractic, physical, occupational, and speech therapy account for most of what is enumerated in Independence, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (10) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Chiropractic (8) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (7) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Column one counts Independence clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Independence file differently.
How Independence prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 35.9 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence (current) | 10,295 | 37 | 35.9 | |
| Monmouth | 11,651 | 29 | 24.9 | 2 |
| Dallas | 17,911 | 120 | 67.0 | 7 |
| Keizer | 39,152 | 237 | 60.5 | 13 |
| Albany | 57,156 | 512 | 89.6 | 17 |
| Corvallis | 61,993 | 1,705 | 275.0 | 20 |
| Silverton | 10,391 | 113 | 108.7 | 23 |
How Independence sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Salem, OR is 10 miles. Appraisers borrow Salem, OR rents, and the 10,295 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $79,158 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
More of Oregon
What owners in Independence ask
01How many providers practice in Independence, and in what?
37 enumerations sit at Independence addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 35.9 for every 10,000 residents. 27 percent of them are behavioral and mental health group practices, and chiropractic follows with 8. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 37 here cover fewer than 37 practices.
02What does Polk County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Polk 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.
03Why does Polk County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 3 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Polk County. That tracks how few Polk County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 28 credit intermediation establishments operate in Polk County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Independence underwritten as part of Salem, OR?
Partly. Salem, OR is 10 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 10,295 residents around Independence. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05What does the underserved designation in Polk County support?
Polk County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
06There is no hospital here. Does that hurt a loan?
No Medicare-certified hospital operates in Independence, so referral flow and staffing come from Polk County and from Salem, OR. Name the referral sources and the call arrangement and it stays a logistics question.
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
- 5U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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