Wisconsin micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Waupun, Wisconsin
Direct answer
11,131 residents, 73 enumerated clinicians, 65.6 per 10,000, 22 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Waupun market a funder prices. Dodge County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 18 miles of distance to Fond du Lac, WI.
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- Population: 11,131 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 73 across 19 fields2
- Median household income: $66,9313
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 16 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Fond du Lac, WI, 18 miles1
- Hospital: A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town4
Fields practicing inside Waupun
The NPPES file puts 73 enumerated clinicians inside Waupun, spread over 19 fields at 65.6 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 16 | 14.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 15 | 13.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 7.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 7 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 5 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 16 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Dodge County
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Dodge County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 44 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Waupun the way a credit committee does
Density of 65.6 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Dodge County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $66,931 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Waupun households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Medical receivables factoring
Weighted by how often each of the 19 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Wisconsin rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in Waupun
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, dme and hme suppliers account for most of what is enumerated in Waupun, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (16) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (15) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| DME and HME suppliers (8) | Accreditation and surety bond status, Rental versus sale revenue split, Denial rate and documentation quality | Inventory and rental fleet |
Counts in the first column are Waupun providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Waupun, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Wisconsin towns
Set Waupun's 65.6 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waupun (current) | 11,131 | 73 | 65.6 | |
| Beaver Dam | 16,443 | 230 | 139.9 | 12 |
| Fond du Lac | 44,469 | 533 | 119.9 | 18 |
| Hartford | 15,984 | 139 | 87.0 | 28 |
| Oshkosh | 67,242 | 629 | 93.5 | 28 |
| Watertown | 22,617 | 212 | 93.7 | 31 |
| West Bend | 32,149 | 462 | 143.7 | 31 |
What the geography does to a Waupun projection
18 miles separate Waupun from Fond du Lac, WI. Lease pricing follows Fond du Lac, WI, while revenue stays capped by the 11,131 residents here. At $66,931 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Hospital coverage inside Waupun means a call schedule can be evidenced rather than described. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar.
Other Wisconsin markets
- Beaver Dam 16,443 residents
- Fond du Lac 44,469 residents
- Hartford 15,984 residents
- Oshkosh 67,242 residents
- Watertown 22,617 residents
- West Bend 32,149 residents
Questions from Waupun
01How many providers practice in Waupun, and in what?
73 enumerations sit at Waupun addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 65.6 for every 10,000 residents. 22 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 15. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 73 here cover fewer than 73 practices.
02Why does Dodge County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Dodge County. That tracks how few Dodge County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 44 credit intermediation establishments operate in Dodge County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03Is Waupun underwritten as part of Fond du Lac, WI?
Fond du Lac, WI sits 18 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Fond du Lac, WI; the 11,131 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04What does Dodge County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Dodge County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 11,131 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
05How does the hospital in Waupun affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 65.6 per 10,000 market.
06Is there local lending capacity in Dodge County?
County Business Patterns records 44 credit intermediation establishments in Dodge County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Waupun 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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