Real estate · Small-town market · Alaska
Real estate businesses in the Ketchikan, AK area
How the Ketchikan, AK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #213 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska
- Listings
- 15
- 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)
- 165
- 65% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.2
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Ketchikan area 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 65% 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.
The Ketchikan area has 15 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 26.2 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Ketchikan area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 955 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 64 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ketchikan area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Ketchikan area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #213 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska.
How the Ketchikan area 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 area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.2 | 34.5 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 165 | 128 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 955 | 434 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +15.8% |
| 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 | 54 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $462K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 64Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 the Ketchikan area, 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 the Ketchikan area
- 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 small-town markets in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ketchikan, AK | 54 | 15 | 26.2 | 165 | −2.6% | #213 of 536 |
| 2Juneau, AK | 47 | 42 | 31.9 | 143 | −1.8% | #297 of 536 |
Other business types in the Ketchikan area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Ketchikan, AK area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 real estate businesses in the Ketchikan area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 64 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ketchikan, AK area 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 15 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 65% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in the Ketchikan area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ketchikan, AK area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Ketchikan area has 26.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 165, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Ketchikan area would have about 25, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 955 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ketchikan, AK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ketchikan area 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 the Ketchikan area 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ketchikan area scores 54 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #213 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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