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Gyms and studios in Ness County, KS

The gyms and studios in Ness County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$990K
On memberships, classes and admissions · $853 a household
Spending per listing
$990K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
8.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
2,617
−2.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Ness County comes to about $990K a year: $853 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $990K of household spending for each location on map listings.

Ness County has 1 gym or studio on map listings as of September 2026. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Ness County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Ness County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Ness 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.

Gyms, studios and classes in Ness County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureNess CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.614.014.9
Spending per listing$990K$650K$662K
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0141,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$853$911$983
Median household income$68,616$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Ness 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 Ness County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,617−2.1% since 2020
Households
1,161
Median age
45.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.6
Land area
1,075 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$68,616
Average household income
$98,174
Median home value
$89,700
Jobs located here
1,075
Daytime population
2,608Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ness County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Butler County, KS81218.3$1.1M+3.1%#57 of 2,088
2Leavenworth County, KS743511.6$892K+3.2%#164 of 2,088
3Miami County, KS672316.7$611K+5.9%#358 of 2,088
4Sumner County, KS6666.7$1.1M−0.1%#363 of 2,088
5Wyandotte County, KS65558.9$819K+1.0%#413 of 2,088
6Pottawatomie County, KS651617.1$604K+6.9%#428 of 2,088
7Dickinson County, KS61810.0$779K+1.4%#558 of 2,088
8Reno County, KS58239.0$781K−0.6%#675 of 2,088
9Jefferson County, KS581013.5$702K−0.2%#686 of 2,088
10Franklin County, KS571110.6$733K+1.1%#722 of 2,088
Ness County, KSNot scored18.6$990K−2.1%

Other business types in Ness County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Ness County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 gym or studio in Ness County. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for fitness centers and recreation instruction in Ness County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Ness County, KS spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $990K a year, or $853 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gym or studio on map listings, it comes to $990K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,161 households in Ness County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ness County, KS compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Ness County has 1 gym or studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Ness County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Ness County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Ness County at 2,617 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,161 households. The median household income in Ness County is $68,616 a year, 15% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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