Texas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Alvin, Texas
Direct answer
29,869 residents, 168 enumerated clinicians, 56.2 per 10,000, 16 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Alvin market a funder prices. Brazoria County adds 11 healthcare approvals worth $3,462,300 and 27 miles of distance to Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
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- Population: 29,869 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 168 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $68,7693
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 27 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 27 miles1
Fields practicing inside Alvin
The NPPES file puts 168 enumerated clinicians inside Alvin, spread over 22 fields at 56.2 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 27 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 19 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 18 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 16 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 14 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 8 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 6 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 5 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Alvin practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 16 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Brazoria County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
11 healthcare approvals averaging $314,755 set the deal shape lenders in Brazoria County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 11 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $3,462,300 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $314,755 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 181 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
The ratio that matters up front is 56.2 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A request measured against 11 prior Brazoria County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. Household income of $68,769 in Alvin is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Alvin mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
The 22 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Texas.
Underwriting by field in Alvin
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Alvin, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (27) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (19) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Primary care and family medicine (18) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Alvin providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Alvin, not what any funder will do with your file.
Alvin against nearby Texas markets
56.2 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Alvin
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin (current) | 29,869 | 168 | 56.2 | |
| Friendswood | 41,291 | 382 | 92.5 | 6 |
| Santa Fe | 13,131 | 41 | 31.2 | 8 |
| Dickinson | 21,941 | 172 | 78.4 | 10 |
| Manvel | 19,309 | 110 | 57.0 | 10 |
| Webster | 12,548 | 720 | 573.8 | 10 |
| Iowa Colony | 17,240 | 10 | 5.8 | 12 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Alvin
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX lies 27 miles from Alvin, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $68,769 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. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar.
Nearby Texas towns
- Friendswood 41,291 residents
- Santa Fe 13,131 residents
- Dickinson 21,941 residents
- Manvel 19,309 residents
- Webster 12,548 residents
- Iowa Colony 17,240 residents
Alvin owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Alvin, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Alvin carries 168 enumerated clinicians, 56.2 per 10,000 of the 29,869 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 27 of the total, then chiropractic at 19. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Brazoria County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Brazoria County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Alvin and evidences a staffing ramp in a 29,869 resident market.
03Is Alvin underwritten as part of Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?
Comparables and demand split at 27 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX; the revenue line has to hold up against 29,869 local residents.
04Is there local lending capacity in Brazoria County?
County Business Patterns records 181 credit intermediation establishments in Brazoria County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Alvin rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
05What does SBA lending look like around Alvin?
Healthcare borrowers in Brazoria County took 11 approvals worth $3,462,300 in the published fiscal year, averaging $314,755. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Alvin reaches for first.
06How does the college here show up in the numbers?
A campus in town means monthly collections rise and fall with terms. Say so in the projection for Alvin, because a summer trough that is explained is read as seasonality, and one that is not is read as decline.
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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