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Gyms and studios in Nemaha County, KS
How Nemaha County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,089 of 2,088 scored counties
#17 of 36 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $854 a household
- Spending per listing
- $689K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,054
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $854 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Nemaha County spend about $3.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 5 gyms and studios, that is $689K per location, 4% above the U.S. figure of $662K.
Nemaha County has 5 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 20% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Nemaha County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nemaha County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms and studios, Nemaha County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,089 of 2,088 scored counties and #17 of 36 scored counties in Kansas.
How Nemaha County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Nemaha County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 14.0 | 14.9 |
| Spending per listing | $689K | $650K | $662K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,014 | 1,641 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +8.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $854 | $911 | $983 |
| Median household income | $77,348 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 49 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Nemaha County, 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 Nemaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,054−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,031
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $77,348+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,466
- Median home value
- $217,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,896
- Daytime population
- 10,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Butler County, KS | 81 | 21 | 8.3 | $1.1M | +3.1% | #57 of 2,088 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 74 | 35 | 11.6 | $892K | +3.2% | #164 of 2,088 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 67 | 23 | 16.7 | $611K | +5.9% | #358 of 2,088 |
| 4Sumner County, KS | 66 | 6 | 6.7 | $1.1M | −0.1% | #363 of 2,088 |
| 5Wyandotte County, KS | 65 | 55 | 8.9 | $819K | +1.0% | #413 of 2,088 |
| 6Pottawatomie County, KS | 65 | 16 | 17.1 | $604K | +6.9% | #428 of 2,088 |
| 7Dickinson County, KS | 61 | 8 | 10.0 | $779K | +1.4% | #558 of 2,088 |
| 8Reno County, KS | 58 | 23 | 9.0 | $781K | −0.6% | #675 of 2,088 |
| 9Jefferson County, KS | 58 | 10 | 13.5 | $702K | −0.2% | #686 of 2,088 |
| 10Franklin County, KS | 57 | 11 | 10.6 | $733K | +1.1% | #722 of 2,088 |
| 17Nemaha County, KS | 49 | 5 | 12.4 | $689K | −2.1% | #1,089 of 2,088 |
Other business types in Nemaha County
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 classes49
- Gyms
- 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 Nemaha County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 gyms and studios in Nemaha County. None of them 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 Nemaha County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Nemaha County, KS spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $3.4M a year, or $854 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $689K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,031 households in Nemaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nemaha County, KS compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?
Nemaha County has 12.4 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $689K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $662K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending.
How fast is Nemaha County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Nemaha County at 10,054 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,031 households. The median household income in Nemaha County is $77,348 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. 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. Nemaha County scores 49 for gyms and studios (lower middle), #1,089 of 2,088 scored counties.
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