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Gyms in Walthall County, MS
How Walthall County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 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 · $513 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,928
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Walthall County comes to about $2.7M a year: $513 per household, 48% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 2 gyms on map listings in Walthall County as of September 2026. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Walthall County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Walthall County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 gyms on map listings, Walthall County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Walthall County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Walthall County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $832K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 4,492 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $513 | $581 | $983 |
| Median household income | $48,905 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 27 |
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
- 20 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 Walthall 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 Walthall County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,928+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,290
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 404 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $48,905+58.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,139
- Median home value
- $126,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,347
- Daytime population
- 10,906Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeSoto County, MS | 59 | 50 | 7.0 | $1.1M | +6.3% | #581 of 1,792 |
| 2Jackson County, MS | 54 | 36 | 6.2 | $1M | +3.0% | #773 of 1,792 |
| 3Tate County, MS | 51 | 5 | 4.5 | $1.3M | +2.1% | #867 of 1,792 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 42 | 16 | 7.9 | $832K | +1.6% | #1,205 of 1,792 |
| 5Pearl River County, MS | 42 | 20 | 9.1 | $632K | +5.6% | #1,211 of 1,792 |
| 6Madison County, MS | 39 | 47 | 10.7 | $812K | +6.5% | #1,279 of 1,792 |
| 7Harrison County, MS | 39 | 62 | 7.4 | $801K | +4.0% | #1,280 of 1,792 |
| 8Panola County, MS | 35 | 5 | 4.1 | $1.2M | −1.4% | #1,369 of 1,792 |
| 9Lamar County, MS | 33 | 26 | 10.2 | $689K | +4.7% | #1,435 of 1,792 |
| 10Jones County, MS | 32 | 23 | 9.2 | $600K | −1.0% | #1,461 of 1,792 |
| Walthall County, MS | Not scored | 2 | 3.8 | $1.4M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Walthall County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Walthall County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 gyms in Walthall County. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Walthall County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Walthall County, MS spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $2.7M a year, or $513 per household. That is 48% below the U.S. average (an index of 52, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 5,290 households in Walthall County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walthall County, MS compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Walthall County has 2 gyms on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending.
How fast is Walthall County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Walthall County at 13,928 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,290 households. Median household income in Walthall County is $48,905, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 58.0%, 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. Walthall County has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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