Fitness and classes · Small-town market · California
Gyms and studios in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area
The gyms and studios in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #472 of 535 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 106
- 7 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −6.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $49.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $904 a household
- Spending per listing
- $469K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,647
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms and studios, the Eureka-Arcata area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #472 of 535 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Eureka-Arcata area comes to about $49.7M a year: $904 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $469K of household spending for each location on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $662K.
The Eureka-Arcata area has 106 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.3, 30% above the U.S. rate of 14.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 29 businesses with payroll in the Eureka-Arcata area classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction, down 6.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,894 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $70K have gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Eureka-Arcata area. Population estimates show the Eureka-Arcata area declined 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Eureka-Arcata area compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the gyms and 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 | Eureka-Arcata area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 17.1 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $469K | $837K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,894 | 1,281 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.4% | +14.7% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $904 | $1,435 | $983 |
| Median household income | $61,160 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29−6.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 385
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1067 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $70K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Eureka-Arcata 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 Eureka-Arcata area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,647−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 54,922
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $61,160+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,194
- Median home value
- $446,900
- Jobs located here
- 48,178
- Daytime population
- 133,286Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Red Bluff, CA | 80 | 20 | 8.1 | $1.1M | −1.7% | #13 of 535 |
| 2Bishop, CA | 67 | 10 | 12.4 | $845K | −4.4% | #74 of 535 |
| 3Clearlake, CA | 65 | 27 | 10.0 | $909K | −0.6% | #92 of 535 |
| 4Crescent City, CA | 64 | 10 | 10.5 | $856K | −4.4% | #102 of 535 |
| 5Sonora, CA | 62 | 38 | 16.7 | $645K | −4.0% | #132 of 535 |
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 59 | 38 | 17.5 | $733K | +0.9% | #160 of 535 |
| 6Ukiah, CA | 49 | 49 | 14.1 | $688K | −3.5% | #293 of 535 |
| 7Susanville, CA | 37 | 15 | 16.2 | $534K | −13.1% | #417 of 535 |
| 8Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 35 | 122 | 28.5 | $458K | −0.4% | #437 of 535 |
| 9Eureka-Arcata, CA | 30 | 106 | 19.3 | $469K | −3.4% | #472 of 535 |
Other business types in the Eureka-Arcata 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 classes30
- Gyms49
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios30
- Martial arts and dance studios38
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 gyms and studios in the Eureka-Arcata area. 7 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023, down 6.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $49.7M a year, or $904 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $469K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,922 households in the Eureka-Arcata area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Eureka-Arcata, CA area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
The Eureka-Arcata area has 19.3 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $469K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Eureka-Arcata area would have about 75, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,894 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +8.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Eureka-Arcata, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Eureka-Arcata area at 131,647 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,922 households. The median household income in the Eureka-Arcata area is $61,160 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Eureka-Arcata area scores 30 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #472 of 535 scored small-town markets.
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