Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Nebraska
Gyms in the Lexington, NE area
How the Lexington, NE area compares with other small-town markets 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $8.1M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $815 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,255
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Lexington area spend about $8.1M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $815 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 gyms, that is $2.7M per gym, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 3 gyms on map listings in the Lexington area as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 61% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Lexington area classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 2,495 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lexington area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 gyms on map listings, the Lexington area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Lexington area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Lexington area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 2,495 | 2,624 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $815 | $920 | $983 |
| Median household income | $70,652 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $970K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Lexington 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 Lexington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,255+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,981
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,472 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $70,652+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,728
- Median home value
- $169,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,857
- Daytime population
- 25,770Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, NE | 66 | 12 | 6.9 | $1.2M | +3.8% | #81 of 506 |
| 2Kearney, NE | 59 | 23 | 10.1 | $862K | +1.9% | #165 of 506 |
| 3Fremont, NE | 58 | 13 | 8.6 | $938K | +2.6% | #178 of 506 |
| 4Norfolk, NE | 55 | 16 | 8.2 | $977K | +1.1% | #209 of 506 |
| 5Hastings, NE | 45 | 12 | 7.0 | $1.2M | −0.2% | #308 of 506 |
| 6Scottsbluff, NE | 37 | 10 | 6.5 | $1.1M | −1.2% | #391 of 506 |
| 7North Platte, NE | 20 | 17 | 11.2 | $663K | −3.6% | #480 of 506 |
| Lexington, NE | Not scored | 3 | 3.0 | $2.7M | +1.1% |
Other business types in the Lexington area
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 the Lexington, NE area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 gyms in the Lexington area. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
How much do households in the Lexington, NE area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $8.1M a year, or $815 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 gyms on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 9,981 households in the Lexington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington, NE area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Lexington area has 3.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $2.7M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Lexington area would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,495 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lexington, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington area at 26,255 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,981 households. Median household income in the Lexington area is $70,652, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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 Lexington area has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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