Fitness and classes · Small-town market · New Mexico
Gyms in the Silver City, NM area
The gyms in the Silver City, NM area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #180 of 506 scored small-town markets
#7 of 11 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $704 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,252
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 gyms in the Silver City area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 42% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Silver City area comes to about $7.9M a year: $704 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 gyms, that is $1.6M per gym, 22% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. 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 the Silver City area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Silver City area declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Silver City area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #180 of 506 scored small-town markets and #7 of 11 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico.
How the Silver City area 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.
| Measure | Silver City area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 4,166 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $704 | $919 | $983 |
| Median household income | $44,958 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 57 |
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
- 51 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 Silver City 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 Silver City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,252−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,295
- Median age
- 48.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,961 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $44,958+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,954
- Median home value
- $175,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,211
- Daytime population
- 27,009Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for gyms, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Silver City area marked.
Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alamogordo, NM | 80 | 13 | 5.3 | $1.5M | +3.7% | #13 of 506 |
| 2Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 72 | 15 | 6.4 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #35 of 506 |
| 3Española, NM | 66 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.6M | −1.0% | #74 of 506 |
| 4Hobbs, NM | 63 | 24 | 9.7 | $1M | +0.2% | #119 of 506 |
| 5Taos, NM | 60 | 10 | 6.4 | $1.3M | +0.3% | #143 of 506 |
| 6Los Alamos, NM | 59 | 10 | 12.1 | $1.6M | 0.0% | #156 of 506 |
| 7Silver City, NM | 57 | 5 | 4.4 | $1.6M | −3.4% | #180 of 506 |
| 8Gallup, NM | 54 | 9 | 4.2 | $1.6M | −6.1% | #213 of 506 |
| 9Clovis, NM | 45 | 17 | 6.5 | $1.1M | −3.3% | #309 of 506 |
| 10Las Vegas, NM | 44 | 8 | 5.8 | $1.2M | −3.2% | #318 of 506 |
Other business types in the Silver City 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 Silver City, NM area?
There are 5 gyms on map listings in the Silver City area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Silver City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Silver City, NM area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $7.9M a year, or $704 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,295 households in the Silver City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Silver City, NM area compare with the U.S. for gyms?
The Silver City area has 4.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.6M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, the Silver City area would have about 6, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Silver City, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Silver City area at 27,252 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,295 households. The median household income in the Silver City area is $44,958 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Silver City area scores 57 for gyms (upper middle), #180 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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