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Gyms in Eddy County, NM

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #228 of 1,792 scored counties
#4 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
15
3 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
6
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$24.9M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,053 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,509
+0.3% 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

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Eddy County comes to about $24.9M a year: $1,053 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per gym, 27% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.

Eddy County has 15 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 16% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Eddy County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 3,937 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 show Eddy County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Eddy County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #228 of 1,792 scored counties and #4 of 19 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Eddy County compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Eddy County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureEddy CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.46.87.6
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.4M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)3,9374,1663,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.0%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$1,053$919$983
Median household income$78,426$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score7057

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
35
Annual payroll, 2023
$794K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
153 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Eddy 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 Eddy County

Population, 2025 estimate
62,509+0.3% since 2020
Households
23,620
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,176 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$78,426+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,979
Median home value
$212,600
Jobs located here
30,860
Daytime population
65,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for gyms, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Eddy County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM89346.0$1.9M+6.9%#19 of 1,792
2Doña Ana County, NM81344.0$2M+4.1%#57 of 1,792
3Otero County, NM73135.3$1.5M+3.7%#170 of 1,792
4Eddy County, NM70156.4$1.7M+0.3%#228 of 1,792
5Valencia County, NM70165.8$1.4M+7.2%#235 of 1,792
6Santa Fe County, NM69476.6$1.7M+1.2%#241 of 1,792
7Rio Arriba County, NM6553.2$2.6M−1.0%#340 of 1,792
8Lea County, NM58249.7$1M+0.2%#626 of 1,792
9Los Alamos County, NM561012.1$1.6M0.0%#676 of 1,792
10Taos County, NM54106.4$1.3M+0.3%#754 of 1,792

Other business types in Eddy County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gyms are in Eddy County, NM?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 gyms in Eddy County. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 6 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 Eddy County, NM spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $24.9M a year, or $1,053 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 23,620 households in Eddy County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Eddy County, NM compare with the U.S. for gyms?

Eddy County has 6.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.7M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Eddy County would have about 19, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,937 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is Eddy County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Eddy County at 62,509 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. Median household income in Eddy County is $78,426, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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. 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. Eddy County scores 70 for gyms (upper middle), #228 of 1,792 scored counties.

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