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Gyms in Crawford County, PA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,022 of 1,792 scored counties
#41 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
18
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
7
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$21.7M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $642 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,792
−2.4% 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 Crawford County comes to about $21.7M a year: $642 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per gym, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.

Crawford County has 18 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 28% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Crawford County in 2023. That is one for every 4,834 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crawford County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For gyms, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,022 of 1,792 scored counties and #41 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Crawford County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Crawford County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.36.97.6
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)4,8343,2223,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.0%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$642$926$983
Median household income$60,476$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4750

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
130
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,792−2.4% since 2020
Households
33,838
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,012 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,870
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
28,045
Daytime population
77,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gyms across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for gyms, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Crawford County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA88124.9$1.8M+7.2%#21 of 1,792
2Adams County, PA84184.4$2M+3.6%#41 of 1,792
3York County, PA741035.7$1.6M+3.6%#148 of 1,792
4Franklin County, PA73304.7$1.8M+3.0%#164 of 1,792
5Lancaster County, PA691296.1$1.6M+1.9%#246 of 1,792
6Berks County, PA68865.3$1.7M+2.7%#265 of 1,792
7Lehigh County, PA68845.8$1.6M+2.7%#266 of 1,792
8Northampton County, PA67947.7$1.3M+3.7%#302 of 1,792
9Dauphin County, PA66836.8$1.3M+2.3%#330 of 1,792
10Venango County, PA6552.3$2.7M−2.0%#339 of 1,792
41Crawford County, PA47185.3$1.2M−2.4%#1,022 of 1,792

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many gyms are in Crawford County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 gyms in Crawford County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 7 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 Crawford County, PA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $21.7M a year, or $642 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, PA compare with the U.S. for gyms?

Crawford County has 5.3 gyms per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Crawford County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,834 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 47 for gyms (lower middle), #1,022 of 1,792 scored counties.

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