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Gyms in Baker County, FL
How Baker County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $738 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 29,737
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $738 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Baker County spend about $6.8M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each gym on map listings. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 2 gyms on map listings in Baker County as of September 2026. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Baker County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,055 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
Population estimates show Baker County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 gyms on map listings, Baker County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Baker County compares
The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the gyms counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Baker County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 8.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 3,055 | 3,136 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $738 | $764 | $983 |
| Median household income | $79,836 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $239K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 and recreational sports centers in Baker 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. These official figures cover all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms.
Population and households in Baker County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,737+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,165
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 585 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $79,836+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,199
- Median home value
- $256,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,988
- Daytime population
- 24,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 87 | 17 | 2.4 | $2.9M | +21.1% | #22 of 1,792 |
| 2Citrus County, FL | 78 | 24 | 3.4 | $1.7M | +11.1% | #90 of 1,792 |
| 3Flagler County, FL | 75 | 27 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +21.0% | #136 of 1,792 |
| 4Charlotte County, FL | 74 | 45 | 5.0 | $1.3M | +15.5% | #154 of 1,792 |
| 5Polk County, FL | 70 | 142 | 4.9 | $1.3M | +19.8% | #237 of 1,792 |
| 6Clay County, FL | 69 | 51 | 6.1 | $1.3M | +9.4% | #258 of 1,792 |
| 7Nassau County, FL | 69 | 31 | 7.9 | $1.1M | +17.4% | #260 of 1,792 |
| 8Lake County, FL | 67 | 96 | 5.8 | $1.2M | +18.1% | #304 of 1,792 |
| 9Collier County, FL | 66 | 124 | 7.5 | $1.3M | +10.6% | #331 of 1,792 |
| 10Bay County, FL | 66 | 47 | 6.0 | $1.2M | +17.2% | #333 of 1,792 |
| Baker County, FL | Not scored | 2 | 2.2 | $3.4M | +5.8% |
Other business types in Baker County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Baker County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 gyms in Baker County. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
How much do households in Baker County, FL spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $6.8M a year, or $738 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 gyms on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per gym. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,165 households in Baker County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baker County, FL compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Baker County has 2 gyms on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Baker County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,055 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Baker County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Baker County at 29,737 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,165 households. Median household income in Baker County is $79,836, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. 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. Baker County has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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