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Real estate businesses in North Slope Borough, AK
How North Slope Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $46M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,174 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 531
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,582
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in North Slope Borough spend about $46M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $20,174 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
North Slope Borough has 2 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in North Slope Borough, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of North Slope Borough declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 real estate businesses on map listings, North Slope Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How North Slope 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 | North Slope Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 34.5 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 531 | 128 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 434 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,174 | $19,150 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $95,694 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
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
- 20 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 real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in North Slope 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 North Slope Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,582−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 2,281
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.0
- Land area
- 88,798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $95,694+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,358
- Median home value
- $218,300
- 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 | 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 |
| North Slope Borough, AK | Not scored | 2 | 8.8 | 531 | −3.8% |
Other business types in North Slope 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 North Slope Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 real estate businesses in North Slope Borough. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in North Slope Borough: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in North Slope Borough, AK spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $46M a year, or $20,174 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 2,281 households in North Slope Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does North Slope Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
North Slope Borough has 2 real estate businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 11, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is North Slope Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put North Slope Borough at 10,582 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,281 households. Median household income in North Slope Borough is $95,694, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. North Slope Borough has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in North Slope Borough. It maps the real estate businesses 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.
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