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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Bethel Census Area, AK
How the Bethel Census Area, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $18.6M
- On food away from home · $3,845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $18.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,391
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 fast food or sandwich shop in the Bethel Census Area. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.
Households in the Bethel Census Area spend about $18.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,845 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $18.6M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Bethel Census Area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 966 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bethel Census Area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, the Bethel Census Area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Bethel 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 fast food and sandwich shops 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 | Bethel Census Area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 10.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $18.6M | $4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 966 | 552 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,845 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,996 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 limited-service restaurants in the Bethel 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 limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in the Bethel Census Area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,391−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,828
- Median age
- 28.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.7
- Land area
- 40,655 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $73,996+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,078
- Median home value
- $168,100
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 88 | 39 | 9.8 | $4.4M | +10.4% | #32 of 2,222 |
| 2Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 68 | 5 | 10.8 | $3.8M | −5.0% | #432 of 2,222 |
| 3Juneau City and Borough, AK | 66 | 5 | 3.8 | $11.9M | −1.8% | #495 of 2,222 |
| 4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 64 | 25 | 10.3 | $3.9M | +5.1% | #572 of 2,222 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 62 | 45 | 12.4 | $3.4M | −1.4% | #649 of 2,222 |
| 6Anchorage Municipality, AK | 57 | 142 | 13.1 | $3.5M | −1.3% | #848 of 2,222 |
| 7North Slope Borough, AK | 41 | 9 | 39.5 | $1.2M | −3.8% | #1,481 of 2,222 |
| Bethel Census Area, AK | Not scored | 1 | 2.1 | $18.6M | −1.5% |
Other business types in the Bethel Census Area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes76
- Sit-down restaurants73
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Bethel Census Area, AK?
The Bethel Census Area has 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
How much do households in the Bethel Census Area, AK spend on food away from home?
About $18.6M a year, or $3,845 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, it comes to $18.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,828 households in the Bethel Census Area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bethel Census Area, AK compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Bethel Census Area has 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Bethel Census Area would have about 6, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 966 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bethel Census Area, AK growing?
Population estimates put the Bethel Census Area at 18,391 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,828 households. The median household income in the Bethel Census Area is $73,996 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Bethel Census Area has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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