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Real estate agents and brokers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK
The real estate agents and brokers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,209 of 2,176 scored counties
#5 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $107.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,726 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 151
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.7
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $107.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $18,726 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 51% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate agents and brokers take in.
There are 13 real estate agents and brokers on map listings in Ketchikan Gateway Borough as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 22.7 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Ketchikan Gateway Borough classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers. That is one for every 955 households, against one for every 788 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ketchikan Gateway Borough declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for real estate agents and brokers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is 47 (lower middle), #1,209 of 2,176 scored counties and #5 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Ketchikan Gateway Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.7 | 27.8 | 30.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 151 | 126 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 955 | 729 | 788 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.1% | +20.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,726 | $19,150 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $462K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 real estate agents and brokers 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 | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 59 | 6 | 12.9 | 258 | −5.0% | #582 of 2,176 |
| 2Juneau City and Borough, AK | 55 | 31 | 23.5 | 154 | −1.8% | #792 of 2,176 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 51 | 64 | 26.3 | 126 | +5.1% | #1,005 of 2,176 |
| 4Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 51 | 123 | 30.9 | 113 | +10.4% | #1,012 of 2,176 |
| 5Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 47 | 13 | 22.7 | 151 | −2.6% | #1,209 of 2,176 |
| 6Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 37 | 106 | 29.2 | 119 | −1.4% | #1,738 of 2,176 |
| 7Anchorage Municipality, AK | 36 | 389 | 35.8 | 103 | −1.3% | #1,805 of 2,176 |
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
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate55
- Real estate agents and brokers47
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate agents and brokers are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 real estate agents and brokers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokerages, commercial brokers included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as offices of real estate agents and brokers in 2023.
How much do households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $107.3M a year, or $18,726 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 real estate agents and brokers on map listings, housing spending per office is 51% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate agents and brokers take in. 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 real estate agents and brokers?
Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 22.7 real estate agents and brokers per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 30.6. The index of housing spending per office is 151, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate agents and brokers to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 20, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 955 households, against one for every 788 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 47 for real estate agents and brokers (lower middle), #1,209 of 2,176 scored counties.
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