Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Illinois
Gyms and studios in the Pontiac, IL area
How the Pontiac, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #104 of 535 scored small-town markets
#2 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $840 a household
- Spending per listing
- $818K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,057
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Pontiac area comes to about $12.3M a year: $840 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $818K per location, 24% above the U.S. figure of $662K.
There are 15 gyms and studios on map listings in the Pontiac area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Pontiac area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pontiac area declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms and studios, the Pontiac area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #104 of 535 scored small-town markets and #2 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Pontiac 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 | Pontiac area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 14.6 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $818K | $720K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,668 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $840 | $1,054 | $983 |
| Median household income | $73,790 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 centers and recreation instruction in the Pontiac 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 Pontiac area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,057−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,615
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,044 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $73,790+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,317
- Median home value
- $142,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,813
- Daytime population
- 32,838Residents 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 Pontiac 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 |
Other business types in the Pontiac 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 classes64
- Gyms62
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms and studios are in the Pontiac, IL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 gyms and studios in the Pontiac area. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Pontiac area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Pontiac, IL area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $12.3M a year, or $840 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $818K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,615 households in the Pontiac area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pontiac, IL area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
The Pontiac area has 10.3 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $818K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Pontiac area would have about 19, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is the Pontiac, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Pontiac area at 35,057 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,615 households. The median household income in the Pontiac area is $73,790 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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 Pontiac area scores 64 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #104 of 535 scored small-town markets.
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