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Coffee shops and cafes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,507 of 2,063 scored counties
#1 of 7 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
101
13 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
56
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +33.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$170.8M
On food away from home · $4,283 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.3
2.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,666
+10.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough spend about $170.8M a year on food away from home, or $4,283 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 101 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.3, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 56 businesses with payroll in Matanuska-Susitna Borough classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, up 33.3% from 2019. That is one for every 712 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. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Matanuska-Susitna Borough grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Matanuska-Susitna Borough scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,507 of 2,063 scored counties and #1 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.

How Matanuska-Susitna Borough 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureMatanuska-Susitna BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.322.911.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.9M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)7127621,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+33.3%+20.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,283$4,320$4,070
Median household income$94,031$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score3820

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 56All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +33.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
432
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
8All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The 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 Matanuska-Susitna 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Population and households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
118,666+10.4% since 2020
Households
39,869
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
24,703 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$94,031+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,954
Median home value
$346,600
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Matanuska-Susitna Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK3810125.3$1.7M+10.4%#1,507 of 2,063
2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK319739.8$1M+5.1%#1,733 of 2,063
3Anchorage Municipality, AK2722720.9$2.2M−1.3%#1,839 of 2,063
4Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK266919.0$2.2M−1.4%#1,863 of 2,063
5Juneau City and Borough, AK243123.5$1.9M−1.8%#1,913 of 2,063
6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK202543.6$966K−2.6%#1,988 of 2,063
7Kodiak Island Borough, AK191123.7$1.7M−5.0%#1,996 of 2,063

Other business types in Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 101 coffee shops and cafes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. 13 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 56 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 33.3% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK spend on food away from home?

About $170.8M a year, or $4,283 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 39,869 households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 25.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.7M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Matanuska-Susitna Borough would have about 46, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 712 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 33.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Matanuska-Susitna Borough at 118,666 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,869 households. Median household income in Matanuska-Susitna Borough is $94,031, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. Matanuska-Susitna Borough scores 38 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,507 of 2,063 scored counties.

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