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Sit-down restaurants in the Nome Census Area, AK
How the Nome Census Area, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.1M
- On food away from home · $3,957 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 3.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.8
- 71% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,830
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 sit-down restaurants in the Nome Census Area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.8, 71% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,957 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Nome Census Area spend about $11.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.2M per restaurant, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Nome Census Area in 2023. That is one for every 469 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Nome Census Area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How the Nome Census Area 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Nome Census Area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.8 | 57.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $752K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 469 | 508 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,957 | $4,320 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,681 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $581K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 full-service restaurants in the Nome Census 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 Nome Census Area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,830−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,816
- Median age
- 28.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.7
- Land area
- 22,970 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $78,681
- Average household income
- $99,441
- Median home value
- $211,200
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 84 | 156 | 39.1 | $1.1M | +10.4% | #75 of 2,405 |
| 2Bethel Census Area, AK | 73 | 9 | 18.6 | $2.1M | −1.5% | #288 of 2,405 |
| 3North Slope Borough, AK | 62 | 10 | 43.8 | $1M | −3.8% | #646 of 2,405 |
| 4Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 53 | 20 | 43.1 | $939K | −5.0% | #1,019 of 2,405 |
| 5Anchorage Municipality, AK | 50 | 657 | 60.5 | $759K | −1.3% | #1,163 of 2,405 |
| 6Juneau City and Borough, AK | 47 | 85 | 64.6 | $698K | −1.8% | #1,316 of 2,405 |
| 7Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 45 | 219 | 60.2 | $701K | −1.4% | #1,417 of 2,405 |
| 8Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 42 | 165 | 67.7 | $591K | +5.1% | #1,561 of 2,405 |
| 9Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 27 | 52 | 90.7 | $464K | −2.6% | #2,159 of 2,405 |
| Nome Census Area, AK | Not scored | 5 | 17.8 | $2.2M | −1.9% |
Other business types in the Nome Census Area
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Nome Census Area, AK?
The Nome Census Area has 5 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in the Nome Census Area, AK spend on food away from home?
About $11.1M a year, or $3,957 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,816 households in the Nome Census Area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nome Census Area, AK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Nome Census Area has 17.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $2.2M, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Nome Census Area would have about 17, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 469 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is the Nome Census Area, AK growing?
Population estimates put the Nome Census Area at 9,830 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,816 households. The median household income in the Nome Census Area is $78,681 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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