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Medical and dental practices in Kodiak Island Borough, AK

How Kodiak Island 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,461 of 2,394 scored counties
#4 of 7 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
31
4 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
11
−45.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$6.1M
On medical and dental services · $1,315 a household
Spending per listing
$197K
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
66.8
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,387
−5.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 medical and dental practices in Kodiak Island Borough. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 66.8, 21% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Household spending on medical and dental services in Kodiak Island Borough comes to about $6.1M a year: $1,315 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $197K per practice, 29% above the U.S. figure of $152K.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Kodiak Island Borough classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers, down 45.0% from 2019. That is one for every 422 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Kodiak Island Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for medical and dental practices in Kodiak Island Borough is 44 (lower middle), #1,461 of 2,394 scored counties and #4 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.

How Kodiak Island 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.

Doctors, dentists and clinics in Kodiak Island Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKodiak Island BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households66.873.084.5
Spending per listing$197K$191K$152K
Households per official establishment422228270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−45.0%−5.1%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,315$1,394$1,288
Median household income$86,250$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score4451

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 11−45.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
124
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
314 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The 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 Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
12,387−5.0% since 2020
Households
4,640
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
6,690 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$86,250+0.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,824
Median home value
$412,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Doctors, dentists and clinics across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for medical and dental practices, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kodiak Island Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for medical and dental practices by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK4833483.8$165K+10.4%#1,296 of 2,394
2Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK464375.0$181K−2.6%#1,369 of 2,394
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK4522060.5$226K−1.4%#1,395 of 2,394
4Kodiak Island Borough, AK443166.8$197K−5.0%#1,461 of 2,394
5Juneau City and Borough, AK439471.4$201K−1.8%#1,517 of 2,394
6Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK4021287.0$150K+5.1%#1,679 of 2,394
7Anchorage Municipality, AK3595287.7$168K−1.3%#1,880 of 2,394

Other business types in Kodiak Island Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many medical and dental practices are in Kodiak Island Borough, AK?

There are 31 medical and dental practices on map listings in Kodiak Island Borough as of September 2026. 4 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 45.0% from 2019. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Kodiak Island Borough, AK spend on medical and dental services?

About $6.1M a year, or $1,315 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $197K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,640 households in Kodiak Island Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kodiak Island Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?

Kodiak Island Borough has 66.8 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $197K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Kodiak Island Borough would have about 40, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 422 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 45.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Kodiak Island Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Kodiak Island Borough at 12,387 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,640 households. Median household income in Kodiak Island Borough is $86,250, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.5%, 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. Kodiak Island Borough scores 44 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,461 of 2,394 scored counties.

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