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Gas stations in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #537 of 2,358 scored counties
#3 of 5 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 35
- 22 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $70.8M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 gas stations in Kenai Peninsula Borough. Chain locations make up 63% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Households in Kenai Peninsula Borough spend about $70.8M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,906 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each station on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2023. That is one for every 1,283 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $515K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #537 of 2,358 scored counties and #3 of 5 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kenai Peninsula Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 8.1 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,283 | 1,353 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.5% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,906 | $2,604 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 203
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3522 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $515K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- 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 | 86 | 44 | 11.0 | $2.8M | +10.4% | #66 of 2,358 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 66 | 60 | 5.5 | $4.7M | −1.3% | #506 of 2,358 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 66 | 35 | 14.4 | $2M | +5.1% | #537 of 2,358 |
| 4Juneau City and Borough, AK | 62 | 10 | 7.6 | $3.3M | −1.8% | #647 of 2,358 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 60 | 34 | 9.4 | $2.9M | −1.4% | #735 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Kenai Peninsula 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 gas stations are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 35 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $70.8M a year, or $2,906 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 14.4 gas stations per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 30, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,283 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 66 for gas stations (upper middle), #537 of 2,358 scored counties.
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