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Dentists and orthodontists in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
The dentists and orthodontists in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #907 of 1,886 scored counties
#2 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 51
- 5 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- +15.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $55.1M
- On medical and dental services · $1,383 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,666
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on medical and dental services in Matanuska-Susitna Borough comes to about $55.1M a year: $1,383 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $984K. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 51 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 12.8 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 52 businesses with payroll in Matanuska-Susitna Borough classed as offices of dentists, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 767 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Matanuska-Susitna Borough grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Matanuska-Susitna Borough has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #907 of 1,886 scored counties and #2 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 medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists 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 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.2M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 767 | 859 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.6% | −8.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,383 | $1,394 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $94,031 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45 → 52+15.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 413
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 515 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists 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.
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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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for dentists and orthodontists, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Matanuska-Susitna Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 57 | 5 | 8.7 | $1.6M | −2.6% | #675 of 1,886 |
| 2Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 51 | 51 | 12.8 | $1.1M | +10.4% | #907 of 1,886 |
| 3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 42 | 39 | 10.7 | $1.3M | −1.4% | #1,213 of 1,886 |
| 4Juneau City and Borough, AK | 40 | 16 | 12.2 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #1,273 of 1,886 |
| 5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 40 | 34 | 14.0 | $933K | +5.1% | #1,289 of 1,886 |
| 6Anchorage Municipality, AK | 37 | 151 | 13.9 | $1.1M | −1.3% | #1,401 of 1,886 |
| 7Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 24 | 9 | 19.4 | $678K | −5.0% | #1,780 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics48
- Dentists and orthodontists51
- Primary care and pediatrics69
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors44
- Physical therapy43
- Optometrists and eye care77
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 dentists and orthodontists in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. 5 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK spend on medical and dental services?
About $55.1M a year, or $1,383 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per practice. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists 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 dentists and orthodontists?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 12.8 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Matanuska-Susitna Borough would have about 56, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 767 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.5% 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 51 for dentists and orthodontists (upper middle), #907 of 1,886 scored counties.
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