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Gyms and studios in Clinton County, NY

How Clinton County, NY 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #524 of 2,088 scored counties
#12 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
34
2 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.3M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $785 a household
Spending per listing
$775K
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.1
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,138
−2.0% 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 Clinton County comes to about $26.3M a year: $785 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 34 gyms and studios, that is $775K per location, 17% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

Clinton County has 34 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 20% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 32% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Clinton County classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction. That is one for every 4,794 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $194K has gone to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Clinton County.

Population estimates put the population change in Clinton County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms and studios, Clinton County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #524 of 2,088 scored counties and #12 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Clinton County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Clinton County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.115.214.9
Spending per listing$775K$707K$662K
Households per official establishment4,7941,4541,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.0%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$785$1,071$983
Median household income$71,224$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6247

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
165
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
342 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$194K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Clinton 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 Clinton County

Population, 2025 estimate
78,138−2.0% since 2020
Households
33,556
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,038 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$71,224+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,254
Median home value
$180,600
Jobs located here
30,059
Daytime population
74,633Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in New York, with Clinton County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rensselaer County, NY716810.2$938K−0.2%#225 of 2,088
2Sullivan County, NY703410.8$819K+2.7%#252 of 2,088
3Greene County, NY69189.6$926K−1.1%#273 of 2,088
4Yates County, NY6777.4$1.1M−0.8%#333 of 2,088
5Queens County, NY667378.8$1.2M−1.1%#361 of 2,088
6Tioga County, NY662110.3$797K−1.9%#380 of 2,088
7Schenectady County, NY657110.6$864K+3.0%#407 of 2,088
8Bronx County, NY642103.9$1.6M−3.8%#433 of 2,088
9Cayuga County, NY63309.5$793K−2.3%#487 of 2,088
10Lewis County, NY6276.3$1.1M−0.3%#507 of 2,088
12Clinton County, NY623410.1$775K−2.0%#524 of 2,088

Other business types in Clinton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Clinton County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 gyms and studios in Clinton County. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

How much do households in Clinton County, NY spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $26.3M a year, or $785 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $775K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,556 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clinton County, NY compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Clinton County has 10.1 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $775K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Clinton County would have about 40, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,794 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Clinton County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 78,138 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,556 households. The median household income in Clinton County is $71,224 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.4% 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. Clinton County scores 62 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #524 of 2,088 scored counties.

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