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Coffee shops and cafes in the Bethel Census Area, AK
The coffee shops and cafes in the Bethel Census Area, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.6M
- On food away from home · $3,845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,391
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 coffee shops and cafes in the Bethel Census Area. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in the Bethel Census Area comes to about $18.6M a year: $3,845 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.2M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 67% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bethel Census Area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bethel Census Area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, the Bethel Census Area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Bethel Census Area compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops and cafes 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 | Bethel Census Area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 22.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $1.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 762 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,845 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,996 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bethel Census 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in the Bethel Census Area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,391−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,828
- Median age
- 28.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.7
- Land area
- 40,655 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $73,996+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,078
- Median home value
- $168,100
- 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 | 38 | 101 | 25.3 | $1.7M | +10.4% | #1,507 of 2,063 |
| 2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 31 | 97 | 39.8 | $1M | +5.1% | #1,733 of 2,063 |
| 3Anchorage Municipality, AK | 27 | 227 | 20.9 | $2.2M | −1.3% | #1,839 of 2,063 |
| 4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 26 | 69 | 19.0 | $2.2M | −1.4% | #1,863 of 2,063 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 24 | 31 | 23.5 | $1.9M | −1.8% | #1,913 of 2,063 |
| 6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 20 | 25 | 43.6 | $966K | −2.6% | #1,988 of 2,063 |
| 7Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 19 | 11 | 23.7 | $1.7M | −5.0% | #1,996 of 2,063 |
| Bethel Census Area, AK | Not scored | 3 | 6.2 | $6.2M | −1.5% |
Other business types in the Bethel Census Area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes76
- Sit-down restaurants73
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Bethel Census Area, AK?
There are 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Bethel Census Area as of September 2026. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bethel Census Area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Bethel Census Area, AK spend on food away from home?
About $18.6M a year, or $3,845 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $6.2M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,828 households in the Bethel Census Area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bethel Census Area, AK compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Bethel Census Area has 6.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $6.2M, 67% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Bethel Census Area would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is the Bethel Census Area, AK growing?
Population estimates put the Bethel Census Area at 18,391 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,828 households. The median household income in the Bethel Census Area is $73,996 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Bethel Census Area has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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