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Grocery stores in the Copper River Census Area, AK
How the Copper River Census Area, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On groceries · $5,975 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 81% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.1
- 4.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,666
- +1.9% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in the Copper River Census Area
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 grocery stores in the Copper River Census Area. That comes to 33.1 for every 10,000 households, 4.9 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,975 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Copper River Census Area spend about $7.2M a year on groceries. Spread across 4 grocery stores, that is $1.8M per store, 81% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Copper River Census Area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Copper River Census Area grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How the Copper River Census Area compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery stores 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 | Copper River Census Area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.1 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $7.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,288 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.1% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,975 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $79,250 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 22 |
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
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in the Copper River 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.
Population and households in the Copper River Census Area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,666+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 1,207
- Median age
- 49.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 24,646 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $79,250
- Average household income
- $95,712
- Median home value
- $292,800
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in the Copper River Census Area?
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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 | 20 | 5.0 | $12.7M | +10.4% | #75 of 2,070 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 72 | 66 | 6.1 | $10.9M | −1.3% | #358 of 2,070 |
| 3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 71 | 18 | 5.0 | $12.8M | −1.4% | #371 of 2,070 |
| 4Juneau City and Borough, AK | 52 | 11 | 8.4 | $7.9M | −1.8% | #948 of 2,070 |
| 5Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 45 | 22 | 9.0 | $6.7M | +5.1% | #1,190 of 2,070 |
| 6North Slope Borough, AK | 19 | 5 | 21.9 | $3M | −3.8% | #1,910 of 2,070 |
| 7Bethel Census Area, AK | 17 | 7 | 14.5 | $4.1M | −1.5% | #1,925 of 2,070 |
| 8Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 16 | 8 | 17.2 | $3.6M | −5.0% | #1,947 of 2,070 |
| Copper River Census Area, AK | Not scored | 4 | 33.1 | $1.8M | +1.9% |
Other business types in the Copper River Census Area
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Copper River Census Area, AK?
The Copper River Census Area has 4 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in the Copper River Census Area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Copper River Census Area, AK spend on groceries?
About $7.2M a year, or $5,975 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,207 households in the Copper River Census Area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Copper River Census Area, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Copper River Census Area has 33.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 4.9 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $1.8M, 81% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Copper River Census Area would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Copper River Census Area, AK growing?
Population estimates put the Copper River Census Area at 2,666 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,207 households. Median household income in the Copper River Census Area is $79,250, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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