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Gyms and studios in Mellette County, SD

How Mellette County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms and studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$480K
On memberships, classes and admissions · $748 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
2,137
+11.5% 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

There are no gyms and studios on map listings in Mellette County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Mellette County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Mellette County comes to about $480K a year: $748 per household, 24% below the U.S. average.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Mellette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mellette County grew 11.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Mellette County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Mellette County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMellette CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.013.814.9
Spending per listingn/a$635K$662K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8101,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.5%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$748$876$983
Median household income$54,076$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Mellette 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 Mellette County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,137+11.5% since 2020
Households
641
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,307 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$54,076
Average household income
$74,230
Median home value
$84,100
Jobs located here
295
Daytime population
1,769Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms, studios and classes across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for gyms and studios, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Mellette County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for gyms and studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, SD761013.7$783K+3.3%#132 of 2,088
2Beadle County, SD7456.6$1.2M+2.4%#152 of 2,088
3Meade County, SD671411.7$742K+2.7%#351 of 2,088
4Yankton County, SD621111.3$721K+1.5%#529 of 2,088
5Clay County, SD5959.0$827K+0.2%#623 of 2,088
6Minnehaha County, SD5512114.3$646K+7.6%#817 of 2,088
7Butte County, SD54716.3$547K+5.5%#883 of 2,088
8Pennington County, SD527215.5$569K+6.6%#979 of 2,088
9Lincoln County, SD515720.4$554K+17.5%#1,027 of 2,088
10Brookings County, SD471913.8$595K+9.6%#1,213 of 2,088
Mellette County, SDNot scored00.0n/a+11.5%

Other business types in Mellette 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 Mellette County, SD?

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

How much do households in Mellette County, SD spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $480K a year, or $748 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 641 households in Mellette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mellette County, SD compare with the U.S. for gyms and studios?

Mellette County has no gyms and studios on map listings. At the national ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Mellette County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Mellette County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Mellette County at 2,137 people in 2025, up 11.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 641 households. Median household income in Mellette County is $54,076, 33% 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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