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Medical and dental practices in Petersburg Borough, AK

How Petersburg 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

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.7M
On medical and dental services · $1,238 a household
Spending per listing
$566K
3.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.9
74% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,394
−0.1% 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

Household spending on medical and dental services in Petersburg Borough comes to about $1.7M a year: $1,238 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $566K per practice, 3.7 times the U.S. figure of $152K.

Petersburg Borough has 3 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.9, 74% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Petersburg Borough, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Petersburg Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, 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 Petersburg 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 Petersburg Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasurePetersburg BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.973.084.5
Spending per listing$566K$191K$152K
Households per official establishmentn/a228270
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.1%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,238$1,394$1,288
Median household income$75,125$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

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
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Petersburg 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 Petersburg Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
3,394−0.1% since 2020
Households
1,371
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
2,902 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$75,125
Average household income
$90,716
Median home value
$315,100
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 Petersburg 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
Petersburg Borough, AKNot scored321.9$566K−0.1%

Other business types in Petersburg 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 medical and dental practices are in Petersburg Borough, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 medical and dental practices in Petersburg Borough. 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 Petersburg Borough: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $1.7M a year, or $1,238 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $566K per practice. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,371 households in Petersburg Borough and national spending patterns by income.

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

Petersburg Borough has 21.9 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $566K, 3.7 times the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Petersburg Borough would have about 11, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Petersburg Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Petersburg Borough at 3,394 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,371 households. The median household income in Petersburg Borough is $75,125 a year, 7% 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Petersburg Borough. It maps the medical and dental practices 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 medical and dental practices · All 56 business types in Petersburg Borough

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