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Gyms in Jones County, NC
How Jones County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $546 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 9,575
- +4.6% since 2020
See the gyms around any address in Jones County
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What this means
Households in Jones County spend about $2.3M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $546 per household, 44% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no gyms in Jones County. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Jones County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Jones County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jones County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Jones County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Jones County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,026 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $546 | $743 | $983 |
| Median household income | $59,641 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
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
- 0
- 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 Jones 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 Jones County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,575+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,125
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $59,641
- Average household income
- $74,020
- Median home value
- $130,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,620
- Daytime population
- 7,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 91 | 17 | 5.2 | $2M | +11.0% | #8 of 1,792 |
| 2Currituck County, NC | 85 | 7 | 5.9 | $1.5M | +16.7% | #36 of 1,792 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 79 | 8 | 2.8 | $2.4M | +18.8% | #74 of 1,792 |
| 4Duplin County, NC | 73 | 6 | 2.9 | $1.8M | +6.0% | #163 of 1,792 |
| 5Davie County, NC | 72 | 6 | 3.5 | $2.2M | +6.9% | #177 of 1,792 |
| 6Brunswick County, NC | 72 | 39 | 5.6 | $1.3M | +26.5% | #193 of 1,792 |
| 7Harnett County, NC | 71 | 26 | 5.2 | $1.3M | +12.3% | #217 of 1,792 |
| 8Stokes County, NC | 70 | 6 | 3.1 | $1.8M | +3.5% | #223 of 1,792 |
| 9Rowan County, NC | 68 | 20 | 3.4 | $1.9M | +5.6% | #263 of 1,792 |
| 10Union County, NC | 67 | 59 | 7.0 | $1.5M | +11.7% | #290 of 1,792 |
| Jones County, NC | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +4.6% |
Other business types in Jones County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Jones County, NC?
There are no gyms on map listings in Jones County as of September 2026. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Jones County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Jones County, NC spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $2.3M a year, or $546 per household. That is 44% below the U.S. average (an index of 56, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 4,125 households in Jones County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jones County, NC compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Jones County has no gyms on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Jones County would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is Jones County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Jones County at 9,575 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,125 households. Median household income in Jones County is $59,641, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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How the score works · Top markets for gyms · All 56 business types in Jones County
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