Child care · Small-town market · Alaska
Child care centers and preschools in the Ketchikan, AK area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Ketchikan, AK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #232 of 454 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $730 a household
- Spending per listing
- $698K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Ketchikan area comes to about $4.2M a year: $730 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. That is about $698K of household spending for each center on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Ketchikan area has 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Ketchikan area classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,911 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Ketchikan area declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For child care centers and preschools, the Ketchikan area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #232 of 454 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska.
How the Ketchikan area compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Ketchikan area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $698K | $1.6M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,911 | 1,564 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $730 | $778 | $581 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $254K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Ketchikan area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Ketchikan area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,549−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,732
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,857 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,287
- Median home value
- $393,300
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alaska for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Alaska, with the Ketchikan area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Juneau, AK | 61 | 9 | 6.8 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #134 of 454 |
| 2Ketchikan, AK | 50 | 6 | 10.5 | $698K | −2.6% | #232 of 454 |
Other business types in the Ketchikan area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools50
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Ketchikan, AK area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 child care centers and preschools in the Ketchikan area. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Ketchikan, AK area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $4.2M a year, or $730 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $698K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in the Ketchikan area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ketchikan, AK area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Ketchikan area has 10.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $698K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Ketchikan area would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,911 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ketchikan, AK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ketchikan area at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in the Ketchikan area is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Ketchikan area scores 50 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #232 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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