South Dakota micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Mitchell, South Dakota
Direct answer
Davison County carries 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and inside Mitchell the census shows 242 enumerated clinicians against 15,621 residents, 154.9 per 10,000, 36 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Sioux Falls, SD-MN lies 67 miles away.
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- Population: 15,621 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 242 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $56,3743
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 87 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Sioux Falls, SD-MN, 67 miles1
Fields practicing inside Mitchell
Counted at the town's own addresses: 242 providers, 22 fields, 154.9 clinicians per 10,000 of the 15,621 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 87 | 55.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 25 | 16.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 22 | 14.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 21 | 13.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 15 | 9.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 14 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 11 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 6 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 8 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 87 of the 242 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Davison County credit files already show
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 18 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
154.9 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. Davison County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $56,374 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The 22 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in South Dakota.
Underwriting by field in Mitchell
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, optometry and ophthalmology
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (87) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (25) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (22) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Mitchell counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Mitchell file is bound by them.
Mitchell against nearby South Dakota markets
Comparables travel. These are the South Dakota towns whose density, at 154.9 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell (current) | 15,621 | 242 | 154.9 | |
| Huron | 14,515 | 99 | 68.2 | 45 |
| Yankton | 15,670 | 221 | 141.0 | 66 |
| Harrisburg | 10,203 | 35 | 34.3 | 69 |
| Brandon | 10,837 | 84 | 77.5 | 73 |
| Brookings | 24,555 | 222 | 90.4 | 74 |
| Vermillion | 11,877 | 107 | 90.1 | 86 |
How Mitchell sits against the nearest metro
67 miles separate Mitchell from Sioux Falls, SD-MN. Equipment sold at that distance has no local buyer, and the advance rate carries the discount. At $56,374 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The Medicare-certified hospital in Mitchell sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. A college in Mitchell puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Mitchell is the Davison County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other South Dakota markets
- Huron 14,515 residents
- Yankton 15,670 residents
- Harrisburg 10,203 residents
- Brandon 10,837 residents
- Brookings 24,555 residents
- Vermillion 11,877 residents
Mitchell owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Mitchell, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Mitchell carries 242 enumerated clinicians, 154.9 per 10,000 of the 15,621 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 87 of the total, then chiropractic at 25. Count practices from that only with care.
02Does being 67 miles out change the underwriting?
Distance does the work here. 67 miles out, Davison County supplies the rent and resale comparables, which usually means a slower appraisal and a harder haircut on anything a funder would have to move to sell.
03What does Davison County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Davison 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.
04Why does Davison County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Davison County. That tracks how few Davison County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 18 credit intermediation establishments operate in Davison County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
05How does the hospital in Mitchell affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 4 Medicare-certified providers hold Mitchell addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 154.9 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $56,374 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Mitchell runs $56,374. 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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