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Gyms in Noble County, OH
How Noble County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,616 of 1,792 scored counties
#77 of 77 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $719 a household
- Spending per listing
- $554K
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,276
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms, Noble County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,616 of 1,792 scored counties and #77 of 77 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $719 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Noble County spend about $3.3M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. Spread across 6 gyms, that is $554K per gym, 57% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Noble County has 6 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 13.0 for every 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Noble County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Noble County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Noble County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Noble County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $554K | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,758 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $719 | $884 | $983 |
| Median household income | $56,098 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 51 |
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
- 63 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Noble 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 Noble County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,276+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,619
- Median age
- 51.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $56,098+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,976
- Median home value
- $163,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,739
- Daytime population
- 11,975Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, OH | 87 | 54 | 5.9 | $2.3M | +5.7% | #24 of 1,792 |
| 2Clermont County, OH | 83 | 46 | 5.4 | $1.9M | +3.9% | #47 of 1,792 |
| 3Greene County, OH | 79 | 45 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #81 of 1,792 |
| 4Portage County, OH | 78 | 31 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +1.0% | #88 of 1,792 |
| 5Morrow County, OH | 77 | 7 | 5.2 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #103 of 1,792 |
| 6Licking County, OH | 77 | 51 | 7.4 | $1.4M | +3.8% | #112 of 1,792 |
| 7Fairfield County, OH | 76 | 41 | 6.8 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #124 of 1,792 |
| 8Union County, OH | 76 | 22 | 9.1 | $1.4M | +16.5% | #127 of 1,792 |
| 9Lorain County, OH | 75 | 75 | 5.9 | $1.6M | +3.1% | #135 of 1,792 |
| 10Holmes County, OH | 72 | 8 | 6.0 | $1.6M | +1.7% | #184 of 1,792 |
| 77Noble County, OH | 24 | 6 | 13.0 | $554K | +1.3% | #1,616 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Noble 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 Noble County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 gyms in Noble County. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Noble County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Noble County, OH spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $3.3M a year, or $719 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 gyms on map listings, it comes to $554K 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 4,619 households in Noble County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Noble County, OH compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Noble County has 13.0 gyms per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $554K, 57% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Noble County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Noble County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Noble County at 14,276 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,619 households. Median household income in Noble County is $56,098, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. Noble County scores 24 for gyms (low), #1,616 of 1,792 scored counties.
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