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Primary care and pediatric clinics in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for primary care and pediatric clinics in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,136 of 1,656 scored counties
#6 of 6 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.8M
On medical and dental services · $1,359 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
69% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,549
−2.6% 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough comes to about $7.8M a year: $1,359 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7 primary care and pediatric clinics, that is $1.1M per clinic, 38% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only primary care and pediatric clinics.

There are 7 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 9% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.2, 69% above the U.S. rate of 7.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Ketchikan Gateway Borough classed as offices of physicians. That is one for every 1,146 households, against one for every 593 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Ketchikan Gateway Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For primary care and pediatric clinics, Ketchikan Gateway Borough has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,136 of 1,656 scored counties and #6 of 6 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 primary care and pediatric clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Primary care and pediatrics in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKetchikan Gateway BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.26.17.2
Spending per listing$1.1M$2.3M$1.8M
Households per official establishment1,146586593
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−11.8%−2.2%
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 score4154

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
129
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 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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Primary care and pediatrics across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for primary care and pediatric clinics, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for primary care and pediatric clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK69235.8$2.4M+10.4%#284 of 1,656
2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK62164.4$3.1M−1.4%#450 of 1,656
3Juneau City and Borough, AK5886.1$2.4M−1.8%#560 of 1,656
4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK50208.2$1.6M+5.1%#845 of 1,656
5Anchorage Municipality, AK44827.6$2M−1.3%#1,031 of 1,656
6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK41712.2$1.1M−2.6%#1,136 of 1,656

Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

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

Questions

How many primary care and pediatric clinics are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 primary care and pediatric clinics in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count primary care, family medicine and pediatric clinics. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians in 2023. Official counts list 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 7 primary care and pediatric clinics on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which primary care and pediatric clinics share with other businesses in the trade. 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 primary care and pediatric clinics?

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 12.2 primary care and pediatric clinics per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 7.2. Spending per clinic is $1.1M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $1.8M. At the U.S. ratio of primary care and pediatric clinics to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,146 households, against one for every 593 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 41 for primary care and pediatric clinics (lower middle), #1,136 of 1,656 scored counties.

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