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Grocery stores in Wrangell City and Borough, AK
How Wrangell City and Borough, 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
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On groceries · $5,670 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 2,007
- −5.6% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in Wrangell City and Borough
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 grocery stores in Wrangell City and Borough. That is 20.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in Wrangell City and Borough spend about $5.5M a year on groceries, or $5,670 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each store on map listings. 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 Wrangell City and Borough: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Wrangell City and Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Wrangell City and Borough 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 | Wrangell City and Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $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 | −5.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,670 | $6,384 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,750 | $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
- 21 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 Wrangell City and 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 Wrangell City and Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,007−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 976
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,556 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $63,750
- Average household income
- $83,902
- Median home value
- $296,400
- 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 | 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 |
| Wrangell City and Borough, AK | Not scored | 2 | 20.5 | $2.8M | −5.6% |
Other business types in Wrangell City and Borough
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
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in Wrangell City and Borough, AK?
There are 2 grocery stores on map listings in Wrangell City and Borough as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Wrangell City and Borough: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wrangell City and Borough, AK spend on groceries?
About $5.5M a year, or $5,670 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 976 households in Wrangell City and Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wrangell City and Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Wrangell City and Borough has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Wrangell City and Borough would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Wrangell City and Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Wrangell City and Borough at 2,007 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 976 households. Median household income in Wrangell City and Borough is $63,750, 21% 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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