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Gyms in Meade County, SD
The gyms in Meade County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #817 of 1,792 scored counties
#5 of 13 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.4M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Meade County comes to about $10.4M a year: $868 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
Meade County has 10 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. That comes to 8.4 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in Meade County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Meade County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Meade County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #817 of 1,792 scored counties and #5 of 13 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Meade County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | n/a | 3,207 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.0% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $868 | $876 | $983 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 44 |
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
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 64 | 7 | 9.6 | $1.1M | +3.3% | #407 of 1,792 |
| 2Pennington County, SD | 59 | 38 | 8.2 | $1.1M | +6.6% | #584 of 1,792 |
| 3Brookings County, SD | 56 | 10 | 7.2 | $1.1M | +9.6% | #695 of 1,792 |
| 4Yankton County, SD | 55 | 6 | 6.2 | $1.3M | +1.5% | #722 of 1,792 |
| 5Meade County, SD | 53 | 10 | 8.4 | $1M | +2.7% | #817 of 1,792 |
| 6Minnehaha County, SD | 49 | 77 | 9.1 | $1M | +7.6% | #965 of 1,792 |
| 7Lincoln County, SD | 48 | 36 | 12.9 | $877K | +17.5% | #1,006 of 1,792 |
| 8Butte County, SD | 46 | 5 | 11.6 | $766K | +5.5% | #1,080 of 1,792 |
| 9Lawrence County, SD | 45 | 14 | 11.6 | $715K | +14.0% | #1,117 of 1,792 |
| 10Codington County, SD | 37 | 12 | 9.6 | $807K | +4.3% | #1,334 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Meade 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 Meade County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 gyms in Meade County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Meade County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Meade County, SD spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $10.4M a year, or $868 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Meade County has 8.4 gyms per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Meade County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County scores 53 for gyms (upper middle), #817 of 1,792 scored counties.
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