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Medical and dental practices in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
How Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for medical and dental practices: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,369 of 2,394 scored counties
#2 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 43
- 5 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,359 a household
- Spending per listing
- $181K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 75.0
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 medical and dental practices in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 11% across the U.S. That is 75.0 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
At $1,359 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $7.8M a year on medical and dental services. Spread across 43 medical and dental practices, that is $181K per practice, 19% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in 2023. That is one for every 441 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Ketchikan Gateway Borough declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 46 (lower middle), #1,369 of 2,394 scored counties and #2 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Ketchikan Gateway Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the medical and dental practices 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 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 75.0 | 73.0 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $181K | $191K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 441 | 228 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,359 | $1,394 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 168
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 435 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The 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 offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Ketchikan Gateway 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,549−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,732
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,857 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,287
- Median home value
- $393,300
- 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 | 48 | 334 | 83.8 | $165K | +10.4% | #1,296 of 2,394 |
| 2Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 46 | 43 | 75.0 | $181K | −2.6% | #1,369 of 2,394 |
| 3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 45 | 220 | 60.5 | $226K | −1.4% | #1,395 of 2,394 |
| 4Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 44 | 31 | 66.8 | $197K | −5.0% | #1,461 of 2,394 |
| 5Juneau City and Borough, AK | 43 | 94 | 71.4 | $201K | −1.8% | #1,517 of 2,394 |
| 6Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 40 | 212 | 87.0 | $150K | +5.1% | #1,679 of 2,394 |
| 7Anchorage Municipality, AK | 35 | 952 | 87.7 | $168K | −1.3% | #1,880 of 2,394 |
Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway 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
- Doctors, dentists and clinics46
- Dentists and orthodontists57
- Primary care and pediatrics41
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 43 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on medical and dental services?
About $7.8M a year, or $1,359 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $181K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 75.0 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $181K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 51, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 441 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S.
How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough scores 46 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,369 of 2,394 scored counties.
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