Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Illinois
Gyms and studios in the Carbondale, IL area
The gyms and studios in the Carbondale, IL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #443 of 535 scored small-town markets
#18 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 27
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $652 a household
- Spending per listing
- $555K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,501
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms and studios, the Carbondale area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #443 of 535 scored small-town markets and #18 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 gyms and studios in the Carbondale area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 19%, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 21% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Carbondale area comes to about $15M a year: $652 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That is about $555K of household spending for each location on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $662K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Carbondale area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,551 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Carbondale area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Carbondale area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Carbondale area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Carbondale area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 14.6 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $555K | $720K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,551 | 1,668 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $652 | $1,054 | $983 |
| Median household income | $48,763 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $987K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 275 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Carbondale 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 Carbondale area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,501−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 22,955
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 584 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 91
- Median household income
- $48,763
- Average household income
- $70,409
- Median home value
- $137,300
- Jobs located here
- 23,658
- Daytime population
- 57,693Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Carbondale area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochelle, IL | 69 | 24 | 11.5 | $787K | −0.7% | #64 of 535 |
| 2Pontiac, IL | 64 | 15 | 10.3 | $818K | −2.1% | #104 of 535 |
| 3Effingham, IL | 64 | 25 | 13.8 | $634K | −0.9% | #113 of 535 |
| 4Mount Vernon, IL | 60 | 12 | 8.1 | $885K | −2.3% | #145 of 535 |
| 5Sterling, IL | 59 | 26 | 11.2 | $672K | −2.6% | #164 of 535 |
| 6Taylorville, IL | 58 | 13 | 9.6 | $774K | −1.5% | #172 of 535 |
| 7Ottawa, IL | 57 | 69 | 11.2 | $749K | −1.6% | #182 of 535 |
| 8Marion-Herrin, IL | 54 | 30 | 10.4 | $758K | +0.2% | #220 of 535 |
| 9Centralia, IL | 52 | 12 | 7.7 | $902K | −3.4% | #244 of 535 |
| 10Danville, IL | 49 | 30 | 10.0 | $683K | −3.7% | #294 of 535 |
| 18Carbondale, IL | 34 | 27 | 11.8 | $555K | −1.5% | #443 of 535 |
Other business types in the Carbondale 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 classes34
- Gyms60
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios38
- Martial arts and dance studios44
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in the Carbondale, IL area?
There are 27 gyms and studios on map listings in the Carbondale area as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.
How much do households in the Carbondale, IL area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $15M a year, or $652 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $555K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,955 households in the Carbondale area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Carbondale, IL area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
The Carbondale area has 11.8 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $555K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $662K. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Carbondale area would have about 23, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,551 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.
How fast is the Carbondale, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Carbondale area at 52,501 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,955 households. Median household income in the Carbondale area is $48,763, 40% 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. 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 Carbondale area scores 34 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #443 of 535 scored small-town markets.
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