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Dentists and orthodontists in North Slope Borough, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in North Slope Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,478 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,582
- −3.8% since 2020
See the dentists and orthodontists around any address in North Slope Borough
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What this means
At $1,478 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in North Slope Borough spend about $3.4M a year on medical and dental services. That works out to $1.7M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists.
North Slope Borough has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings as of September 2026. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of dentists in North Slope Borough, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show North Slope Borough declined 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, North Slope Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How North Slope 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 | North Slope Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.2M | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 859 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.4% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,478 | $1,394 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $95,694 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 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 offices of dentists in North Slope 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 North Slope Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,582−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 2,281
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.0
- Land area
- 88,798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $95,694+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,358
- Median home value
- $218,300
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| North Slope Borough, AK | Not scored | 2 | 8.8 | $1.7M | −3.8% |
Other business types in North Slope 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in North Slope Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dentists and orthodontists in North Slope Borough. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. No official count is published for offices of dentists in North Slope Borough: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in North Slope Borough, AK spend on medical and dental services?
About $3.4M a year, or $1,478 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 2,281 households in North Slope Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does North Slope Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
North Slope Borough has 2 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is North Slope Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put North Slope Borough at 10,582 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,281 households. Median household income in North Slope Borough is $95,694, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. 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. North Slope Borough has no market score for dentists and orthodontists: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in North Slope Borough. It maps the dentists and orthodontists 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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