Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Illinois
Gyms in the Jacksonville, IL area
How the Jacksonville, IL 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #351 of 506 scored small-town markets
#13 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 14
- 2 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $11.8M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $782 a household
- Spending per listing
- $845K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,381
- −3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 gyms in the Jacksonville area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 9.3 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in the Jacksonville area spend about $11.8M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $782 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 gyms, that is $845K per gym, 35% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in the Jacksonville area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 5,041 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jacksonville area declined 3.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Jacksonville area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #351 of 506 scored small-town markets and #13 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.
How the Jacksonville area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Jacksonville area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $845K | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 5,041 | 3,107 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $782 | $1,054 | $983 |
| Median household income | $66,353 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 120
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 142 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,381−3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,122
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 820 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $66,353+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,058
- Median home value
- $125,500
- Jobs located here
- 14,940
- Daytime population
- 35,211Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for gyms, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jacksonville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochelle, IL | 65 | 15 | 7.2 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #93 of 506 |
| 2Ottawa, IL | 64 | 36 | 5.8 | $1.4M | −1.6% | #100 of 506 |
| 3Pontiac, IL | 62 | 9 | 6.2 | $1.4M | −2.1% | #122 of 506 |
| 4Carbondale, IL | 60 | 12 | 5.2 | $1.2M | −1.5% | #147 of 506 |
| 5Effingham, IL | 60 | 15 | 8.3 | $1.1M | −0.9% | #153 of 506 |
| 6Sterling, IL | 59 | 14 | 6.1 | $1.2M | −2.6% | #160 of 506 |
| 7Marion-Herrin, IL | 59 | 20 | 6.9 | $1.1M | +0.2% | #161 of 506 |
| 8Taylorville, IL | 54 | 8 | 5.9 | $1.3M | −1.5% | #216 of 506 |
| 9Dixon, IL | 54 | 9 | 6.7 | $1.2M | −3.4% | #218 of 506 |
| Burlington, IA-IL | 52 | 11 | 5.5 | $1.3M | −2.5% | #232 of 506 |
| 13Jacksonville, IL | 41 | 14 | 9.3 | $845K | −3.1% | #351 of 506 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gyms are in the Jacksonville, IL area?
There are 14 gyms on map listings in the Jacksonville area as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, IL area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $11.8M a year, or $782 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 gyms on map listings, it comes to $845K per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,122 households in the Jacksonville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, IL area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Jacksonville area has 9.3 gyms per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $845K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Jacksonville area would have about 9, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,041 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville area at 37,381 people in 2025, down 3.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,122 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville area is $66,353 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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 Jacksonville area scores 41 for gyms (lower middle), #351 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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