Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Idaho
Gyms in the Mountain Home, ID area
How the Mountain Home, ID area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #187 of 506 scored small-town markets
#6 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $840 a household
- Spending per listing
- $930K
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,465
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 gyms in the Mountain Home area. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in the Mountain Home area spend about $9.3M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $840 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $930K of household spending for each gym on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Mountain Home area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Mountain Home area grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, the Mountain Home area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #187 of 506 scored small-town markets and #6 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho.
How the Mountain Home area compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Mountain Home area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $930K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,060 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $840 | $1,038 | $983 |
| Median household income | $65,359 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 59 |
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
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,465+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,067
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $65,359+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,615
- Median home value
- $316,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,488
- Daytime population
- 25,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Idaho for gyms, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mountain Home area marked.
Top small-town markets in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Blackfoot, ID | 94 | 7 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +6.4% | #2 of 506 |
| Brigham City, UT-ID | 80 | 16 | 7.4 | $1.4M | +12.6% | #14 of 506 |
| 2Moscow, ID | 71 | 7 | 4.3 | $2M | +5.6% | #42 of 506 |
| 3Rexburg, ID | 68 | 16 | 8.9 | $964K | +4.5% | #63 of 506 |
| 4Sandpoint, ID | 67 | 15 | 7.4 | $1.3M | +14.8% | #70 of 506 |
| 5Hailey, ID | 66 | 11 | 8.7 | $1.4M | +6.1% | #79 of 506 |
| Ontario, OR-ID | 58 | 18 | 9.0 | $908K | +5.0% | #179 of 506 |
| 6Mountain Home, ID | 57 | 10 | 9.0 | $930K | +2.8% | #187 of 506 |
| 7Burley, ID | 55 | 16 | 9.6 | $914K | +6.2% | #212 of 506 |
| Jackson, WY-ID | 48 | 27 | 18.6 | $900K | +4.2% | #281 of 506 |
Other business types in the Mountain Home area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in the Mountain Home, ID area?
There are 10 gyms on map listings in the Mountain Home area as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Mountain Home area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Mountain Home, ID area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $9.3M a year, or $840 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 gyms on map listings, it comes to $930K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,067 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mountain Home, ID area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Mountain Home area has 9.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $930K, 29% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 7, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is the Mountain Home, ID area growing?
Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 29,465 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,067 households. The median household income in the Mountain Home area is $65,359 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.5% 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. 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 Mountain Home area scores 57 for gyms (upper middle), #187 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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