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Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios in the Cortland, NY area
How the Cortland, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $14.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 45,850
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio in the Cortland area. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Cortland area comes to about $14.4M a year: $757 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $14.4M of household spending for each studio on map listings. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which yoga, Pilates and fitness studios share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Cortland area classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 3,800 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: gyms are counted too.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cortland area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, the Cortland area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Cortland area compares
The same measures for New York and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the yoga, Pilates and fitness studios 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 | Cortland area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| Spending per listing | $14.4M | $3.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,800 | 3,084 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.1% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $757 | $1,071 | $983 |
| Median household income | $70,418 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 104
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 fitness and recreational sports centers in the Cortland 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. These official figures cover all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
Population and households in the Cortland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,850−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,999
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $70,418+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,337
- Median home value
- $162,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,001
- Daytime population
- 43,892Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Plattsburgh, NY | 65 | 6 | 1.8 | $4.4M | −2.0% | #15 of 112 |
| 2Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 61 | 7 | 1.7 | $4.2M | −2.5% | #29 of 112 |
| 3Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 59 | 8 | 1.5 | $4.3M | −2.6% | #37 of 112 |
| 4Monticello, NY | 59 | 14 | 4.5 | $2M | +2.7% | #39 of 112 |
| 5Oneonta, NY | 55 | 6 | 2.6 | $3M | +3.8% | #45 of 112 |
| 6Hudson, NY | 31 | 17 | 6.4 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #100 of 112 |
| Cortland, NY | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | $14.4M | −1.9% |
Other business types in the Cortland area
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
- Gyms, studios and classes43
- Gyms38
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios59
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are in the Cortland, NY area?
The Cortland area has 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count yoga, Pilates, barre and boot-camp studios. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (gyms included), not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios.
How much do households in the Cortland, NY area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $14.4M a year, or $757 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, it comes to $14.4M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only yoga, Pilates and fitness studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,999 households in the Cortland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cortland, NY area compare with the U.S. for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios?
The Cortland area has 1 yoga, Pilates or fitness studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of yoga, Pilates and fitness studios to household spending, the Cortland area would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,800 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cortland, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Cortland area at 45,850 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,999 households. Median household income in the Cortland area is $70,418, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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 Cortland area has no market score for yoga, Pilates and fitness studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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