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Gyms in Boone County, IA
How Boone County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,169 of 1,792 scored counties
#19 of 48 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $916 a household
- Spending per listing
- $911K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,799
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $916 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Boone County spend about $10M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That works out to $911K per gym, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 11 gyms on map listings in Boone County as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 33% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Boone County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boone County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gyms in Boone County is 43 (lower middle), #1,169 of 1,792 scored counties and #19 of 48 scored counties in Iowa.
How Boone 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.
| Measure | Boone County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $911K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,306 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $916 | $890 | $983 |
| Median household income | $83,531 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 39 |
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
- 111 chain location
- 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 Boone 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 Boone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,799+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 10,936
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $83,531+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,765
- Median home value
- $212,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,561
- Daytime population
- 23,449Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 78 | 15 | 7.3 | $1.4M | +9.0% | #93 of 1,792 |
| 2Dallas County, IA | 70 | 34 | 8.0 | $1.6M | +17.8% | #230 of 1,792 |
| 3Pottawattamie County, IA | 69 | 15 | 4.0 | $2.1M | −0.7% | #238 of 1,792 |
| 4Marshall County, IA | 65 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.4M | −0.5% | #341 of 1,792 |
| 5Madison County, IA | 63 | 6 | 9.0 | $1.1M | +3.8% | #439 of 1,792 |
| 6Jasper County, IA | 61 | 10 | 6.7 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #500 of 1,792 |
| 7Plymouth County, IA | 57 | 7 | 6.8 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #646 of 1,792 |
| 8Washington County, IA | 57 | 6 | 6.7 | $1.3M | +0.6% | #652 of 1,792 |
| 9Cedar County, IA | 56 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #685 of 1,792 |
| 10Jackson County, IA | 55 | 5 | 6.1 | $1.3M | −0.8% | #719 of 1,792 |
| 19Boone County, IA | 43 | 11 | 10.1 | $911K | +0.4% | #1,169 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Boone County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Boone County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 gyms in Boone County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Boone County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Boone County, IA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $10M a year, or $916 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 gyms on map listings, it comes to $911K 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 10,936 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boone County, IA compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Boone County has 10.1 gyms per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $911K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Boone County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Boone County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Boone County at 26,799 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,936 households. Median household income in Boone County is $83,531, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. Boone County scores 43 for gyms (lower middle), #1,169 of 1,792 scored counties.
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