Texas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Lockhart, Texas
Direct answer
76 healthcare providers hold a Lockhart practice address, 44.3 per 10,000 of its 17,166 residents, 18 percent of them in general dentistry. Caldwell County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX sits 29 miles out.
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- Population: 17,166 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 76 across 20 fields2
- Median household income: $67,2523
- Largest provider field: General dentistry: 14 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 29 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
44.3 providers per 10,000 residents is what 76 enumerations across 20 fields works out to in a town of 17,166
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| General dentistry | 14 | 8.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 11 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 7 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 6 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 14 general dentistry enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Caldwell County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Caldwell County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 18 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
44.3 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $67,252 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Lockhart households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
The order comes from Lockhart's own provider mix, which general dentistry dominates at 18 percent. What a partner can actually place in Texas is a separate question.
What a funder reads first in Lockhart
general dentistry, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Lockhart, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| General dentistry (14) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (11) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (7) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Lockhart providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Lockhart, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Texas towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 44.3 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhart (current) | 17,166 | 76 | 44.3 | |
| Kyle | 65,833 | 356 | 54.1 | 14 |
| Buda | 16,090 | 146 | 90.7 | 17 |
| Seguin | 38,789 | 226 | 58.3 | 26 |
| Bastrop | 12,720 | 216 | 169.8 | 27 |
| Dripping Springs | 10,165 | 182 | 179.0 | 33 |
| Manor | 21,500 | 96 | 44.7 | 34 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Lockhart
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX lies 29 miles from Lockhart, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $67,252 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. Lockhart is the Caldwell County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Texas markets
What owners in Lockhart ask
01How many providers practice in Lockhart, and in what?
NPPES lists 76 providers at a Lockhart practice address, 44.3 per 10,000 residents across 20 tracked fields. General dentistry accounts for 14 of them, 18 percent of the total, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy next at 11. Read that as clinicians: 76 enumerations, not 76 owners.
02What does Caldwell County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Caldwell County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Lockhart and evidences a staffing ramp in a 17,166 resident market.
03Why does Caldwell County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Caldwell County. That tracks how few Caldwell County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 18 credit intermediation establishments operate in Caldwell County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Lockhart underwritten as part of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?
Comparables and demand split at 29 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX; the revenue line has to hold up against 17,166 local residents.
05Which fields carry the volume in Lockhart?
General dentistry at 14 providers and physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 11 lead the 20 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
06What does the underserved designation in Caldwell County support?
Caldwell 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.
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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