Food and drink · Small-town market · Alaska
Coffee shops and cafes in the Ketchikan, AK area
The coffee shops and cafes in the Ketchikan, AK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #509 of 529 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska
- Listings
- 25
- 4 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $24.1M
- On food away from home · $4,211 a household
- Spending per listing
- $966K
- 74% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.6
- 4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Ketchikan area is 23 (low), #509 of 529 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Ketchikan area comes to about $24.1M a year: $4,211 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $966K per cafe, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Ketchikan area has 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.6, 4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Ketchikan area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 819 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ketchikan area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
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 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 | Ketchikan area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.6 | 22.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $966K | $1.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 819 | 762 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,211 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $771K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
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 coffee shops and cafes, 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 | 27 | 31 | 23.5 | $1.9M | −1.8% | #492 of 529 |
| 2Ketchikan, AK | 23 | 25 | 43.6 | $966K | −2.6% | #509 of 529 |
Other business types in the Ketchikan area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants29
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Ketchikan, AK area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 coffee shops and cafes in the Ketchikan area. 4 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
How much do households in the Ketchikan, AK area spend on food away from home?
About $24.1M a year, or $4,211 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $966K per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. 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 coffee shops and cafes?
The Ketchikan area has 43.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $966K, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Ketchikan area would have about 7, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 819 households, against one for every 1,518 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 23 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #509 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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