Fitness and classes · County · Indiana
Gyms in Elkhart County, IN
How Elkhart County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #616 of 1,792 scored counties
#35 of 63 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 47
- 11 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $58.2M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,774
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 gyms in Elkhart County. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 23%, against 28% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Households in Elkhart County spend about $58.2M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $806 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 5% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Elkhart County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 4,519 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Elkhart County.
Population estimates put the population change in Elkhart County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Elkhart County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #616 of 1,792 scored counties and #35 of 63 scored counties in Indiana.
How Elkhart County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Elkhart County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 4,519 | 3,675 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.3% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $806 | $864 | $983 |
| Median household income | $68,561 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 16All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4711 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Elkhart 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 Elkhart County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,774+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 72,309
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 463 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 447
- Median household income
- $68,561+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,471
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 133,676
- Daytime population
- 244,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 92 | 19 | 5.7 | $1.9M | +13.5% | #6 of 1,792 |
| 2Dearborn County, IN | 81 | 7 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +1.7% | #52 of 1,792 |
| 3Putnam County, IN | 79 | 5 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +3.2% | #75 of 1,792 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 76 | 19 | 6.6 | $2.1M | +13.5% | #117 of 1,792 |
| 5Franklin County, IN | 76 | 5 | 5.4 | $1.7M | +2.2% | #121 of 1,792 |
| 6Johnson County, IN | 76 | 48 | 7.7 | $1.4M | +7.4% | #128 of 1,792 |
| 7Warrick County, IN | 73 | 12 | 4.8 | $2.2M | +4.4% | #157 of 1,792 |
| 8Morgan County, IN | 72 | 17 | 6.0 | $1.6M | +4.4% | #185 of 1,792 |
| 9Hendricks County, IN | 71 | 49 | 7.3 | $1.6M | +10.2% | #206 of 1,792 |
| 10Madison County, IN | 71 | 25 | 4.7 | $1.5M | +3.8% | #207 of 1,792 |
| 35Elkhart County, IN | 58 | 47 | 6.5 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #616 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Elkhart County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gyms are in Elkhart County, IN?
There are 47 gyms on map listings in Elkhart County as of September 2026. 11 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 16 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 Elkhart County, IN spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $58.2M a year, or $806 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,309 households in Elkhart County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elkhart County, IN compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Elkhart County has 6.5 gyms per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Elkhart County would have about 45, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,519 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Elkhart County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Elkhart County at 208,774 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,309 households. The median household income in Elkhart County is $68,561 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Elkhart County scores 58 for gyms (upper middle), #616 of 1,792 scored counties.
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