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Chiropractors in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area
How the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for chiropractors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #101 of 386 scored metro areas
#1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Alaska
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,370 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 89% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 chiropractors in the Fairbanks-College metro area. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 8% across the U.S. That comes to 3.0 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 5.4.
At $1,370 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in the Fairbanks-College metro area spend about $49.8M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 11 chiropractors, that is $4.5M per practice, 89% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which chiropractors share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in the Fairbanks-College metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,305 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fairbanks-College metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for chiropractors in the Fairbanks-College metro area is 61 (upper middle), #101 of 386 scored metro areas and #1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Alaska.
How the Fairbanks-College metro area compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the chiropractors 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 | Fairbanks-College metro area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,305 | 1,892 | 3,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.8% | +0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,370 | $1,394 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 offices of chiropractors in the Fairbanks-College metro 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 Fairbanks-College metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- 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 metro areas in Alaska for chiropractors, numbered among those based in Alaska, with the Fairbanks-College metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairbanks-College, AK | 61 | 11 | 3.0 | $4.5M | −1.4% | #101 of 386 |
| 2Anchorage, AK | 33 | 131 | 8.8 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #335 of 386 |
Other business types in the Fairbanks-College metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many chiropractors are in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area?
There are 11 chiropractors on map listings in the Fairbanks-College metro area as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count chiropractors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of chiropractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area spend on medical and dental services?
About $49.8M a year, or $1,370 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 chiropractors on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only chiropractors. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in the Fairbanks-College metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area compare with the U.S. for chiropractors?
The Fairbanks-College metro area has 3.0 chiropractors per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 5.4. Spending per practice is $4.5M, 89% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of chiropractors to household spending, the Fairbanks-College metro area would have about 21, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,305 households, against one for every 3,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fairbanks-College, AK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fairbanks-College metro area at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. Median household income in the Fairbanks-College metro area is $88,267, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.6%, 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. The Fairbanks-College metro area scores 61 for chiropractors (upper middle), #101 of 386 scored metro areas.
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