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Real estate businesses in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #998 of 2,229 scored counties
#3 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 79
- 8 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- +52.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $441.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,104 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 129
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.4
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 79 real estate businesses in Kenai Peninsula Borough. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 32.4 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $18,104 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Kenai Peninsula Borough spend about $441.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 29% 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 businesses take in.
In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in Kenai Peninsula Borough classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 52.6% from 2019. That is one for every 420 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 262 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For real estate businesses, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #998 of 2,229 scored counties and #3 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Kenai Peninsula 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.4 | 34.5 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 129 | 128 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 420 | 434 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +52.6% | +24.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,104 | $19,150 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 58+52.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 262Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 798 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 102The 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 real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kenai Peninsula Borough marked.
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 | 66 | 7 | 15.1 | 278 | −5.0% | #331 of 2,229 |
| 2Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 55 | 15 | 26.2 | 165 | −2.6% | #827 of 2,229 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 52 | 79 | 32.4 | 129 | +5.1% | #998 of 2,229 |
| 4Juneau City and Borough, AK | 51 | 42 | 31.9 | 143 | −1.8% | #1,042 of 2,229 |
| 5Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 49 | 163 | 40.9 | 107 | +10.4% | #1,154 of 2,229 |
| 6Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 38 | 124 | 34.1 | 128 | −1.4% | #1,727 of 2,229 |
| 7Anchorage Municipality, AK | 35 | 484 | 44.6 | 104 | −1.3% | #1,870 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Kenai Peninsula 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 real estate businesses are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 79 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 52.6% from 2019. Official counts list 262 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $441.2M a year, or $18,104 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 79 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 29% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 32.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 129, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 102, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 420 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 52.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 52 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #998 of 2,229 scored counties.
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