Texas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Brenham, Texas
Direct answer
19,728 residents, 198 enumerated clinicians, 100.4 per 10,000, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Brenham market a funder prices. Washington County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 30 miles of distance to College Station-Bryan, TX.
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- Population: 19,728 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 198 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $57,2073
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 42 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: College Station-Bryan, TX, 30 miles1
The provider census in Brenham
The NPPES file puts 198 enumerated clinicians inside Brenham, spread over 26 fields at 100.4 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 42 | 21.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 26 | 13.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 18 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 13 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 13 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 10 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 6 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 5 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 42 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
The lending record behind Brenham
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 | 22 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
At 100.4 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $57,207 in Brenham 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
- Startup and de novo
- Medical receivables factoring
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Brenham's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 21 percent. What a partner can actually place in Texas is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Brenham
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Brenham that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, optometry and ophthalmology.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (42) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (26) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (18) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
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.
Brenham against nearby Texas markets
Set Brenham's 100.4 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenham (current) | 19,728 | 198 | 100.4 | |
| Bryan | 91,541 | 632 | 69.0 | 35 |
| Katy | 27,741 | 2,947 | 1062.3 | 42 |
| Fulshear | 54,629 | 134 | 24.5 | 44 |
| Tomball | 15,152 | 625 | 412.5 | 46 |
| Rosenberg | 42,571 | 377 | 88.6 | 54 |
| Richmond | 13,305 | 1,430 | 1074.8 | 55 |
How Brenham sits against the nearest metro
Distance to College Station-Bryan, TX is 30 miles. That is close enough for rent in Brenham to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. At $57,207 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. A college in Brenham puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Brenham is the Washington County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Texas towns
Brenham owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Brenham, and in what?
NPPES lists 198 providers at a Brenham practice address, 100.4 per 10,000 residents across 26 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 42 of them, 21 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 26. Read that as clinicians: 198 enumerations, not 198 owners.
02Why does Washington County show so little SBA activity?
Washington 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. 22 lending establishments operate locally.
03How does the hospital in Brenham 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. 5 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 100.4 per 10,000 market.
04What does Washington County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Washington County for primary care, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Brenham and evidences a staffing ramp in a 19,728 resident market.
05Is Brenham underwritten as part of College Station-Bryan, TX?
Partly. College Station-Bryan, TX is 30 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 19,728 residents around Brenham. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
06What does a $57,207 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Brenham runs $57,207. 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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