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Coffee shops and cafes in the Chugach Census Area, AK
The coffee shops and cafes in the Chugach Census Area, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On food away from home · $4,262 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.5
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,553
- −7.5% since 2020
See the coffee shops and cafes around any address in the Chugach Census Area
The site report maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Chugach Census Area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 coffee shops and cafes in the Chugach Census Area. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 31.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in the Chugach Census Area spend about $12.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,262 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 63% below 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.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Chugach Census Area in 2023. That is one for every 358 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Chugach Census Area declined 7.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How the Chugach 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 | Chugach Census Area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.5 | 22.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 358 | 762 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.5% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,262 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $90,509 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $695K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Chugach 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 Chugach Census Area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,553−7.5% since 2020
- Households
- 2,861
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 9,575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $90,509
- Average household income
- $112,444
- Median home value
- $346,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in the Chugach Census Area?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the coffee shops and cafes on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Alaska, with the Chugach Census Area marked.
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 |
| Chugach Census Area, AK | Not scored | 9 | 31.5 | $1.4M | −7.5% |
Other business types in the Chugach Census Area
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Chugach Census Area, AK?
The Chugach Census Area has 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.
How much do households in the Chugach Census Area, AK spend on food away from home?
About $12.2M a year, or $4,262 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 2,861 households in the Chugach Census Area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chugach Census Area, AK compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Chugach Census Area has 31.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.4M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Chugach Census Area would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 358 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Chugach Census Area, AK growing?
Population estimates put the Chugach Census Area at 6,553 people in 2025, down 7.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,861 households. The median household income in the Chugach Census Area is $90,509 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Chugach Census Area. It maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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