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Restaurants and cafes in North Slope Borough, AK
How North Slope Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,006 of 2,405 scored counties
#3 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 25
- 11 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.4M
- On food away from home · $4,572 a household
- Spending per listing
- $417K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 109.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,582
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in North Slope Borough spend about $10.4M a year on food away from home, or $4,572 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $417K per restaurant, 12% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 25 restaurants and cafes on map listings in North Slope Borough as of September 2026. 11 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 109.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in North Slope Borough was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 253 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in North Slope Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, North Slope Borough has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #1,006 of 2,405 scored counties and #3 of 9 scored counties in Alaska.
How North Slope Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | North Slope Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 109.6 | 117.3 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $417K | $368K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 253 | 196 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,572 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $95,694 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2511 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 restaurants and other eating places 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 | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bethel Census Area, AK | 76 | 13 | 26.9 | $1.4M | −1.5% | #212 of 2,405 |
| 2Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 72 | 375 | 94.1 | $455K | +10.4% | #351 of 2,405 |
| 3North Slope Borough, AK | 54 | 25 | 109.6 | $417K | −3.8% | #1,006 of 2,405 |
| 4Anchorage Municipality, AK | 43 | 1,294 | 119.2 | $385K | −1.3% | #1,486 of 2,405 |
| 5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 42 | 424 | 116.6 | $362K | −1.4% | #1,533 of 2,405 |
| 6Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 41 | 50 | 107.8 | $375K | −5.0% | #1,568 of 2,405 |
| 7Juneau City and Borough, AK | 37 | 171 | 129.9 | $347K | −1.8% | #1,738 of 2,405 |
| 8Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 35 | 374 | 153.5 | $261K | +5.1% | #1,849 of 2,405 |
| 9Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 23 | 107 | 186.7 | $226K | −2.6% | #2,236 of 2,405 |
Other business types in North Slope Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants62
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in North Slope Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 restaurants and cafes in North Slope Borough. 11 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in North Slope Borough, AK spend on food away from home?
About $10.4M a year, or $4,572 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $417K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
North Slope Borough has 109.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $417K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 28, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 253 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
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 scores 54 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,006 of 2,405 scored counties.
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