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Laundromats in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK

How Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: 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
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,880 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
7,095
−9.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

There are no laundromats on map listings in Northwest Arctic Borough as of September 2026.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Northwest Arctic Borough comes to about $3.4M a year: $1,880 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Northwest Arctic Borough: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Northwest Arctic Borough declined 9.0%, 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 Northwest Arctic Borough compares

The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the laundromats counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Laundromats in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureNorthwest Arctic BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.01.51.6
Spending per listingn/a$13.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,88311,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−9.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,880$1,958$2,055
Median household income$84,018$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 coin-operated laundries in Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
7,095−9.0% since 2020
Households
1,825
Median age
27.2
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
0.5
Land area
35,672 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$84,018
Average household income
$104,843
Median home value
$199,100
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for laundromats, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Northwest Arctic Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK6251.3$15.4M+10.4%#240 of 785
2Anchorage Municipality, AK49201.8$11.3M−1.3%#392 of 785
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK4051.4$13.9M−1.4%#505 of 785
4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK3652.1$8.9M+5.1%#547 of 785
Northwest Arctic Borough, AKNot scored00.0n/a−9.0%

Other business types in Northwest Arctic Borough

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many laundromats are in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no laundromats in Northwest Arctic Borough. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Northwest Arctic Borough: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Northwest Arctic Borough, AK spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $3.4M a year, or $1,880 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,825 households in Northwest Arctic Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Northwest Arctic Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Northwest Arctic Borough has no laundromats on map listings.

How fast is Northwest Arctic Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Northwest Arctic Borough at 7,095 people in 2025, down 9.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,825 households. The median household income in Northwest Arctic Borough is $84,018 a year, 4% above 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Northwest Arctic Borough. It maps the laundromats 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.

How the score works · Top markets for laundromats · All 56 business types in Northwest Arctic Borough

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