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Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Oregon

Gyms and studios in the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area

How the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR 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 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #17 of 535 scored small-town markets
#1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon

Listings
23
4 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.5M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $894 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
94% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,721
+1.8% 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

The Groundwork market score for gyms and studios in the Hermiston-Pendleton area is 78 (high), #17 of 535 scored small-town markets and #1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for gyms and studios.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 gyms and studios in the Hermiston-Pendleton area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Hermiston-Pendleton area comes to about $29.5M a year: $894 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per location, 94% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in the Hermiston-Pendleton area in 2023. That is one for every 3,303 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Hermiston-Pendleton area grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Hermiston-Pendleton area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureHermiston-Pendleton areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.014.514.9
Spending per listing$1.3M$802K$662K
Households per official establishment3,3031,6081,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$894$1,161$983
Median household income$68,427$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score7864

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
234 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
45The 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 Hermiston-Pendleton 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 Hermiston-Pendleton area

Population, 2025 estimate
93,721+1.8% since 2020
Households
33,033
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
5,246 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$68,427+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,719
Median home value
$275,100
Jobs located here
38,176
Daytime population
90,680Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across Oregon

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oregon for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Hermiston-Pendleton area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oregon

Small-town markets in Oregon ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hermiston-Pendleton, OR78237.0$1.3M+1.8%#17 of 535
2Roseburg, OR70418.6$971K+0.6%#49 of 535
3Coos Bay-North Bend, OR643813.2$659K−1.5%#112 of 535
4Baker City, OR62810.9$734K−0.4%#129 of 535
5Newport, OR583213.8$622K+0.3%#177 of 535
6Klamath Falls, OR563311.4$706K+0.9%#196 of 535
7La Grande, OR561412.8$693K−1.0%#197 of 535
8Ontario, OR-ID563115.5$527K+5.0%#203 of 535
9Brookings, OR541412.5$715K−3.8%#221 of 535
10Astoria, OR532513.9$699K−0.6%#236 of 535

Other business types in the Hermiston-Pendleton area

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area?

There are 23 gyms and studios on map listings in the Hermiston-Pendleton area as of September 2026. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

How much do households in the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $29.5M a year, or $894 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,033 households in the Hermiston-Pendleton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

The Hermiston-Pendleton area has 7.0 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $1.3M, 94% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, the Hermiston-Pendleton area would have about 45, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,303 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR area growing?

Population estimates put the Hermiston-Pendleton area at 93,721 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,033 households. Median household income in the Hermiston-Pendleton area is $68,427, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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 Hermiston-Pendleton area scores 78 for gyms and studios (high), #17 of 535 scored small-town markets.

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