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Medical and dental practices in North Slope Borough, AK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for medical and dental practices in North Slope Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On medical and dental services · $1,478 a household
- Spending per listing
- $843K
- 5.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.5
- 79% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,582
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 medical and dental practices in North Slope Borough. That comes to 17.5 for every 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
Household spending on medical and dental services in North Slope Borough comes to about $3.4M a year: $1,478 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $843K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 5.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in North Slope Borough: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in North Slope Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 medical and dental practices on map listings, North Slope Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How North Slope 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 | North Slope Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.5 | 73.0 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $843K | $191K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 228 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,478 | $1,394 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $95,694 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 North Slope 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 North Slope Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,582−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 2,281
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.0
- Land area
- 88,798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $95,694+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,358
- Median home value
- $218,300
- 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 |
| North Slope Borough, AK | Not scored | 4 | 17.5 | $843K | −3.8% |
Other business types in North Slope 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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in North Slope Borough, AK?
North Slope Borough has 4 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. No official count is published for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in North Slope Borough: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in North Slope Borough, AK spend on medical and dental services?
About $3.4M a year, or $1,478 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $843K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,281 households in North Slope Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does North Slope Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for medical and dental practices?
North Slope Borough has 17.5 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $843K, 5.5 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the national ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 22, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is North Slope Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put North Slope Borough at 10,582 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,281 households. Median household income in North Slope Borough is $95,694, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. North Slope Borough has no market score for medical and dental practices: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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