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Gyms in Adair County, IA

How Adair County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.7M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $819 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,403
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 gym in Adair County. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households.

Households in Adair County spend about $2.7M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $819 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per gym. 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 Adair County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Adair County declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Adair County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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.

Gyms in Adair County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureAdair CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.18.57.6
Spending per listing$2.7M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)n/a3,3063,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.7%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$819$890$983
Median household income$68,092$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Adair 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 Adair County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,403−1.3% since 2020
Households
3,236
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
569 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$68,092
Average household income
$93,814
Median home value
$160,400
Jobs located here
2,900
Daytime population
6,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for gyms, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Adair County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA78157.3$1.4M+9.0%#93 of 1,792
2Dallas County, IA70348.0$1.6M+17.8%#230 of 1,792
3Pottawattamie County, IA69154.0$2.1M−0.7%#238 of 1,792
4Marshall County, IA6553.2$2.4M−0.5%#341 of 1,792
5Madison County, IA6369.0$1.1M+3.8%#439 of 1,792
6Jasper County, IA61106.7$1.2M+0.9%#500 of 1,792
7Plymouth County, IA5776.8$1.3M0.0%#646 of 1,792
8Washington County, IA5766.7$1.3M+0.6%#652 of 1,792
9Cedar County, IA5656.6$1.3M−0.7%#685 of 1,792
10Jackson County, IA5556.1$1.3M−0.8%#719 of 1,792
Adair County, IANot scored13.1$2.7M−1.3%

Other business types in Adair County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many gyms are in Adair County, IA?

Adair County has 1 gym on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Adair County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Adair County, IA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $2.7M a year, or $819 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gym on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,236 households in Adair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Adair County, IA compare with the U.S. for gyms?

Adair County has 1 gym on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Adair County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Adair County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Adair County at 7,403 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,236 households. The median household income in Adair County is $68,092 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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