West Virginia micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in South Charleston, West Virginia
Direct answer
Kanawha County carries 5 SBA healthcare approvals worth $1,305,000, and inside South Charleston the census shows 272 enumerated clinicians against 13,177 residents, 206.4 per 10,000, 25 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Charleston, WV lies 4 miles away.
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- Population: 13,177 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 272 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $59,6163
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 68 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Charleston, WV, 4 miles1
South Charleston clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 272 enumerated clinicians inside South Charleston, spread over 26 fields at 206.4 per 10,000 residents
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 68 | 51.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 45 | 34.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 26 | 19.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 21 | 15.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 12 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 11 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 8 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 7 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 7 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 6 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 6 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 5 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 5 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 5 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 10 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 68 of the 272 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Kanawha County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
5 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 5 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $1,305,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $261,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 103 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
Density of 206.4 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Kanawha County has 5 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $59,616 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what South Charleston households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in South Charleston does not appear. Availability is still a West Virginia question.
The first pages of a South Charleston file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In South Charleston 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 (68) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (45) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (26) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
The first column is South Charleston's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is South Charleston or anywhere else.
How South Charleston prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the West Virginia towns whose density, at 206.4 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Charleston (current) | 13,177 | 272 | 206.4 | |
| Charleston | 46,482 | 1,218 | 262.0 | 4 |
| Huntington | 44,942 | 1,140 | 253.7 | 39 |
| Beckley | 16,515 | 542 | 328.2 | 49 |
| Parkersburg | 28,834 | 563 | 195.3 | 64 |
| Vienna | 10,406 | 128 | 123.0 | 68 |
| Clarksburg | 15,262 | 254 | 166.4 | 97 |
How South Charleston sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Charleston, WV is 4 miles. Appraisers borrow Charleston, WV rents, and the 13,177 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $59,616 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable.
More of West Virginia
- Charleston 46,482 residents
- Huntington 44,942 residents
- Beckley 16,515 residents
- Parkersburg 28,834 residents
- Vienna 10,406 residents
- Clarksburg 15,262 residents
Questions from South Charleston
01How many providers practice in South Charleston, and in what?
Across 26 fields, South Charleston carries 272 enumerated clinicians, 206.4 per 10,000 of the 13,177 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 68 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 45. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Kanawha County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Kanawha County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into South Charleston and evidences a staffing ramp in a 13,177 resident market.
03Why does Kanawha County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 5 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Kanawha County. That tracks how few Kanawha County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 103 credit intermediation establishments operate in Kanawha County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04How does the hospital in South Charleston affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 2 Medicare-certified providers hold South Charleston addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 206.4 per 10,000 market.
05Is South Charleston underwritten as part of Charleston, WV?
Charleston, WV sits 4 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Charleston, WV; the 13,177 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06Is there local lending capacity in Kanawha County?
County Business Patterns records 103 credit intermediation establishments in Kanawha County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen South Charleston 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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