Washington micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Monroe, Washington
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Monroe runs 98.4 providers per 10,000 residents, 196 clinicians against 19,927 people, 19 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Snohomish County lenders have approved 15 healthcare files worth $12,546,400 and the nearest metro is 24 miles out.
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- Population: 19,927 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 196 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $107,5563
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 38 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, 24 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
196 providers across 22 fields, 98.4 per 10,000 residents, counted at Monroe addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 38 | 19.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 25 | 12.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 22 | 11.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 20 | 10.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 18 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 16 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 14 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Monroe practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 19 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Snohomish County
15 healthcare approvals averaging $836,427 set the deal shape lenders in Snohomish County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 15 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $12,546,400 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $836,427 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 361 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Density of 98.4 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Because Snohomish County already carries $12,546,400 across 15 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. Household income of $107,556 in Monroe is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Monroe mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 22 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Washington.
The first pages of a Monroe file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (38) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (25) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (22) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup 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.
Monroe against nearby Washington markets
98.4 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Monroe
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe (current) | 19,927 | 196 | 98.4 | |
| Snohomish | 10,534 | 208 | 197.5 | 7 |
| Woodinville | 13,942 | 236 | 169.3 | 10 |
| Mill Creek | 20,993 | 281 | 133.9 | 10 |
| Lake Stevens | 41,350 | 149 | 36.0 | 11 |
| Bothell | 51,770 | 707 | 136.6 | 12 |
| Kenmore | 24,166 | 107 | 44.3 | 14 |
How Monroe sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 24 miles. Appraisers borrow Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA rents, and the 19,927 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $107,556 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set.
More of Washington
- Snohomish 10,534 residents
- Woodinville 13,942 residents
- Mill Creek 20,993 residents
- Lake Stevens 41,350 residents
- Bothell 51,770 residents
- Kenmore 24,166 residents
Questions from Monroe
01How many providers practice in Monroe, and in what?
NPPES lists 196 providers at a Monroe practice address, 98.4 per 10,000 residents across 22 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 38 of them, 19 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 25. Read that as clinicians: 196 enumerations, not 196 owners.
02What does a $107,556 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Monroe runs $107,556. 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.
03What does Snohomish County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Snohomish County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Monroe and evidences a staffing ramp in a 19,927 resident market.
04How does the hospital in Monroe affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 1 Medicare-certified providers hold Monroe addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 98.4 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Monroe?
The 22 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 38, with primary care and family medicine at 25 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is Monroe underwritten as part of Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?
Partly. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 24 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 19,927 residents around Monroe. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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