West Virginia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Clarksburg, West Virginia
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Clarksburg runs 166.4 providers per 10,000 residents, 254 clinicians against 15,262 people, 33 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Harrison County lenders have approved 1 healthcare files worth $25,000 and the nearest metro is 34 miles out.
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- Population: 15,262 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 254 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $46,8593
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 83 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Morgantown, WV, 34 miles1
Clarksburg clinicians, by field
254 providers across 21 fields, 166.4 per 10,000 residents, counted at Clarksburg addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 83 | 54.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 27 | 17.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 24 | 15.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 19 | 12.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 14 | 9.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 13 | 8.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 11 | 7.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 8 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 6 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 5 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 5 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 4 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 83 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Harrison County
The county file holds 1 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 1 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $25,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $25,000 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 59 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
The ratio that matters up front is 166.4 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $46,859 in Clarksburg is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Clarksburg mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Medical receivables factoring
The 21 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in West Virginia.
What a funder reads first in Clarksburg
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Clarksburg that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry, primary care and family medicine.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (83) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (27) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Primary care and family medicine (24) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
The first column is Clarksburg's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Clarksburg or anywhere else.
Clarksburg against nearby West Virginia markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Clarksburg has too few sales of its own
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksburg (current) | 15,262 | 254 | 166.4 | |
| Fairmont | 18,063 | 379 | 209.8 | 18 |
| Morgantown | 30,490 | 1,442 | 472.9 | 34 |
| Wheeling | 26,060 | 485 | 186.1 | 58 |
| Vienna | 10,406 | 128 | 123.0 | 62 |
| Parkersburg | 28,834 | 563 | 195.3 | 63 |
| Weirton | 18,317 | 179 | 97.7 | 79 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Clarksburg
Morgantown, WV lies 34 miles from Clarksburg, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Households here carry $46,859 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. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Clarksburg. Clarksburg is the Harrison County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby West Virginia towns
- Fairmont 18,063 residents
- Morgantown 30,490 residents
- Wheeling 26,060 residents
- Vienna 10,406 residents
- Parkersburg 28,834 residents
- Weirton 18,317 residents
Clarksburg owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Clarksburg, and in what?
Across 21 fields, Clarksburg carries 254 enumerated clinicians, 166.4 per 10,000 of the 15,262 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 83 of the total, then general dentistry at 27. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Harrison County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Harrison County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Clarksburg and evidences a staffing ramp in a 15,262 resident market.
03Why does Harrison County show so little SBA activity?
Only 1 healthcare approvals appear for Harrison County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Harrison County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 59 credit intermediation establishments.
04How does the hospital in Clarksburg affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 3 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Clarksburg projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
05Which fields carry the volume in Clarksburg?
The 21 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 83, with general dentistry at 27 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is there local lending capacity in Harrison County?
County Business Patterns records 59 credit intermediation establishments in Harrison County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Clarksburg 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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