Rhode Island micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Direct answer
44,508 residents, 339 enumerated clinicians, 76.2 per 10,000, 17 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Woonsocket market a funder prices. Providence County adds 8 healthcare approvals worth $715,000 and 13 miles of distance to Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
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- Population: 44,508 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 339 across 28 fields2
- Median household income: $58,6143
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 59 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 13 miles1
Woonsocket clinicians, by field
76.2 providers per 10,000 residents is what 339 enumerations across 28 fields works out to in a town of 44,508
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 59 | 13.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 56 | 12.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 47 | 10.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 46 | 10.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 23 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 20 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 15 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 15 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 14 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 7 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 5 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Woonsocket practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 17 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Providence County
8 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 8 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $715,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | $89,375 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 366 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Woonsocket the way a credit committee does
At 76.2 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. With 8 approvals on record in Providence County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $58,614 in Woonsocket is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Startup and de novo
Weighted by how often each of the 28 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Rhode Island rules and the partner decide availability.
What a funder reads first in Woonsocket
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices account for most of what is enumerated in Woonsocket, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (59) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (56) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (47) | 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.
How Woonsocket prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 76.2 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woonsocket (current) | 44,508 | 339 | 76.2 | |
| Central Falls | 23,034 | 47 | 20.4 | 9 |
| Pawtucket | 76,996 | 608 | 79.0 | 11 |
| Cranston | 84,448 | 673 | 79.7 | 16 |
| East Providence | 47,961 | 335 | 69.8 | 16 |
| Newport | 24,482 | 179 | 73.1 | 37 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Woonsocket
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA lies 13 miles from Woonsocket, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Providence-Warwick, RI-MA rents while 44,508 residents set the revenue ceiling. Median household income runs $58,614, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set.
More of Rhode Island
- Central Falls 23,034 residents
- Pawtucket 76,996 residents
- Cranston 84,448 residents
- East Providence 47,961 residents
- Newport 24,482 residents
Woonsocket owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Woonsocket, and in what?
339 enumerations sit at Woonsocket addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 76.2 for every 10,000 residents. 17 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 56. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 339 here cover fewer than 339 practices.
02What does Providence County's shortage designation change?
Providence County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Woonsocket can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Providence County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 8 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Providence County. That tracks how few Providence County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 366 credit intermediation establishments operate in Providence County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04How does the hospital in Woonsocket affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 1 Medicare-certified providers hold Woonsocket addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 76.2 per 10,000 market.
05Is Woonsocket underwritten as part of Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?
Partly. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 13 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 44,508 residents around Woonsocket. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
06Is there local lending capacity in Providence County?
County Business Patterns records 366 credit intermediation establishments in Providence County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Woonsocket 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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