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Child care centers and preschools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
The child care centers and preschools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #905 of 1,611 scored counties
#6 of 6 scored counties 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,911 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Ketchikan Gateway Borough declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For child care centers and preschools, Ketchikan Gateway Borough has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #905 of 1,611 scored counties and #6 of 6 scored counties in Alaska.
How Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 Gateway Borough | 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 | 47 | 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- 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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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 78 | 19 | 4.8 | $1.6M | +10.4% | #111 of 1,611 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 67 | 57 | 5.2 | $1.6M | −1.3% | #332 of 1,611 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 65 | 14 | 5.7 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #390 of 1,611 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 64 | 14 | 3.9 | $1.9M | −1.4% | #413 of 1,611 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 58 | 9 | 6.8 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #589 of 1,611 |
| 6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 47 | 6 | 10.5 | $698K | −2.6% | #905 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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 preschools47
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 child care centers and preschools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. 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. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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, Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 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. 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough scores 47 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #905 of 1,611 scored counties.
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