Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Georgia
Gyms in the Cornelia, GA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in the Cornelia, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #400 of 506 scored small-town markets
#13 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 20
- 6 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $650 a household
- Spending per listing
- $544K
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,416
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for gyms in the Cornelia area is 37 (lower middle), #400 of 506 scored small-town markets and #13 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Cornelia area spend about $10.9M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $650 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That works out to $544K per gym, 58% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
The Cornelia area has 20 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.9, 57% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Cornelia area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Cornelia area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cornelia area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Cornelia area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $544K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,435 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $650 | $792 | $983 |
| Median household income | $67,309 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Cornelia 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. These official figures cover all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms.
Population and households in the Cornelia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,416+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,753
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 277 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 173
- Median household income
- $67,309+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,702
- Median home value
- $238,300
- Jobs located here
- 13,258
- Daytime population
- 41,101Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingsland, GA | 71 | 13 | 6.0 | $1.1M | +9.5% | #47 of 506 |
| 2Jefferson, GA | 66 | 27 | 9.5 | $893K | +29.3% | #83 of 506 |
| 3LaGrange, GA-AL | 65 | 19 | 4.7 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #94 of 506 |
| 4Dublin, GA | 58 | 11 | 5.0 | $1.1M | +2.8% | #173 of 506 |
| 5Statesboro, GA | 58 | 19 | 5.4 | $1.1M | +8.0% | #176 of 506 |
| 6Douglas, GA | 51 | 10 | 5.4 | $935K | +2.9% | #246 of 506 |
| 7Cedartown, GA | 46 | 10 | 6.3 | $908K | +6.0% | #299 of 506 |
| 8Calhoun, GA | 46 | 22 | 10.3 | $622K | +6.9% | #306 of 506 |
| 9Waycross, GA | 43 | 9 | 4.4 | $1.2M | +3.0% | #331 of 506 |
| 10Thomaston, GA | 39 | 7 | 6.6 | $860K | +2.7% | #370 of 506 |
| 13Cornelia, GA | 37 | 20 | 11.9 | $544K | +9.3% | #400 of 506 |
Other business types in the Cornelia area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in the Cornelia, GA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 gyms in the Cornelia area. 6 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Cornelia area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Cornelia, GA area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $10.9M a year, or $650 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 gyms on map listings, it comes to $544K 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 16,753 households in the Cornelia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cornelia, GA area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Cornelia area has 11.9 gyms per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $544K, 58% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Cornelia area would have about 8, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is the Cornelia, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Cornelia area at 50,416 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,753 households. Median household income in the Cornelia area is $67,309, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.1%, 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 Cornelia area scores 37 for gyms (lower middle), #400 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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