Washington micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Tumwater, Washington
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Tumwater runs 99.5 providers per 10,000 residents, 277 clinicians against 27,826 people, 33 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Thurston County lenders have approved 10 healthcare files worth $7,159,000 and the nearest metro is 7 miles out.
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- Population: 27,826 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 277 across 25 fields2
- Median household income: $93,6353
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 92 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, 7 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
277 providers across 25 fields, 99.5 per 10,000 residents, counted at Tumwater addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 92 | 33.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 55 | 19.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 24 | 8.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 17 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 15 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 14 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 10 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 7 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 92 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Thurston County
Lenders in Thurston County have already closed 10 healthcare approvals, averaging $715,900, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 10 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Approved dollars | $7,159,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Average approval | $715,900 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 135 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Density of 99.5 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Because Thurston County already carries $7,159,000 across 10 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. With $93,635 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Tumwater households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Weighted by how often each of the 25 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Washington rules and the partner decide availability.
What a funder reads first in Tumwater
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, behavioral and mental health group practices account for most of what is enumerated in Tumwater, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (92) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (55) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (24) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
NPPES supplies the Tumwater counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Tumwater file is bound by them.
How Tumwater prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 99.5 per 10,000 here
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumwater (current) | 27,826 | 277 | 99.5 | |
| Olympia | 56,271 | 1,819 | 323.3 | 4 |
| Lacey | 58,644 | 712 | 121.4 | 7 |
| Yelm | 11,715 | 113 | 96.5 | 13 |
| Centralia | 19,061 | 412 | 216.1 | 19 |
| Shelton | 10,737 | 175 | 163.0 | 19 |
| University Place | 35,160 | 364 | 103.5 | 23 |
How Tumwater sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is 7 miles. Appraisers borrow Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA rents, and the 27,826 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $93,635 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Referral flow comes from outside Tumwater, which a projection needs to state plainly.
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Questions from Tumwater
01How many providers practice in Tumwater, and in what?
Across 25 fields, Tumwater carries 277 enumerated clinicians, 99.5 per 10,000 of the 27,826 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 92 of the total, then chiropractic at 55. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Thurston County's shortage designation change?
Thurston County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Tumwater can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Which fields carry the volume in Tumwater?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 92 of them, ahead of chiropractic at 55, across 25 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
04Is Tumwater underwritten as part of Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA?
Comparables and demand split at 7 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA; the revenue line has to hold up against 27,826 local residents.
05What does SBA lending look like around Tumwater?
The county file behind Tumwater holds 10 healthcare approvals totaling $7,159,000, an average of $715,900. Those are the loan sizes lenders in Thurston County have already carried.
06Is there local lending capacity in Thurston County?
County Business Patterns records 135 credit intermediation establishments in Thurston County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Tumwater rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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