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Gyms and studios in Yankton County, SD

How Yankton County, SD 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 #529 of 2,088 scored counties
#4 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
11
3 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.9M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $818 a household
Spending per listing
$721K
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.3
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,635
+1.5% 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

Households in Yankton County spend about $7.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $818 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $721K of household spending for each location on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $662K.

Yankton County has 11 gyms and studios on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 27%, against 20% across the U.S. That is 11.3 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 14.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in Yankton County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,232 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Yankton County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Yankton County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms and studios, ranking #529 of 2,088 scored counties and #4 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota.

How Yankton 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 Yankton County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureYankton CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.313.814.9
Spending per listing$721K$635K$662K
Households per official establishment3,2321,8101,641
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.5%+8.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$818$876$983
Median household income$72,821$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score6254

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$209K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Yankton 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 Yankton County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,635+1.5% since 2020
Households
9,695
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
521 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$72,821+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,237
Median home value
$225,900
Jobs located here
12,467
Daytime population
24,093Residents 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 Yankton 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

Other business types in Yankton County

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

Questions

How many gyms and studios are in Yankton County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 gyms and studios in Yankton County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms, fitness studios, martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness centers and recreation instruction in 2023.

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

About $7.9M a year, or $818 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 gyms and studios on map listings, it comes to $721K per location. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,695 households in Yankton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yankton County has 11.3 gyms and studios per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 14.9. Spending per location is $721K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $662K. At the U.S. ratio of gyms and studios to household spending, Yankton County would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,232 households, against one for every 1,641 across the U.S.

How fast is Yankton County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Yankton County at 23,635 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,695 households. The median household income in Yankton County is $72,821 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Yankton County scores 62 for gyms and studios (upper middle), #529 of 2,088 scored counties.

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