Fitness and classes · County · Tennessee
Gyms in Hawkins County, TN
How Hawkins County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #431 of 1,792 scored counties
#15 of 55 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $12.5M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $531 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,559
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 gyms in Hawkins County. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 45% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Hawkins County comes to about $12.5M a year: $531 per household, 46% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 gyms, that is $1.3M per gym, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Hawkins County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 7,856 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S. The official count takes in all fitness and recreational sports centers, not only gyms: yoga, Pilates and fitness studios are counted too.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hawkins County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gyms, Hawkins County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #431 of 1,792 scored counties and #15 of 55 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hawkins County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Hawkins County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 7,856 | 3,593 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.8% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $531 | $703 | $983 |
| Median household income | $56,936 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $103K
- 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
- 10The 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 Hawkins 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 Hawkins County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,559+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 23,567
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 487 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $56,936+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,222
- Median home value
- $176,300
- Jobs located here
- 12,518
- Daytime population
- 48,388Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 83 | 7 | 4.1 | $2M | +7.7% | #45 of 1,792 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 76 | 10 | 4.4 | $1.6M | +7.0% | #123 of 1,792 |
| 3Jefferson County, TN | 74 | 7 | 3.2 | $1.9M | +9.3% | #142 of 1,792 |
| 4Robertson County, TN | 74 | 15 | 5.3 | $1.4M | +9.9% | #152 of 1,792 |
| 5Dickson County, TN | 72 | 10 | 4.6 | $1.5M | +7.7% | #186 of 1,792 |
| 6Maury County, TN | 72 | 20 | 4.7 | $1.5M | +16.0% | #189 of 1,792 |
| 7Tipton County, TN | 70 | 8 | 3.5 | $1.9M | +2.0% | #221 of 1,792 |
| 8Bedford County, TN | 70 | 8 | 4.1 | $1.5M | +9.7% | #232 of 1,792 |
| 9Cheatham County, TN | 69 | 9 | 5.5 | $1.4M | +4.1% | #257 of 1,792 |
| 10Greene County, TN | 67 | 11 | 3.9 | $1.4M | +5.0% | #300 of 1,792 |
| 15Hawkins County, TN | 63 | 10 | 4.2 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #431 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Hawkins County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Hawkins County, TN?
Hawkins County has 10 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in 2023. That count covers all fitness and recreational sports centers (yoga, Pilates and fitness studios included), not only gyms.
How much do households in Hawkins County, TN spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $12.5M a year, or $531 per household. That is 46% below the U.S. average (an index of 54, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,567 households in Hawkins County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hawkins County, TN compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Hawkins County has 4.2 gyms per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,856 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Hawkins County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Hawkins County at 59,559 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,567 households. The median household income in Hawkins County is $56,936 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. 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. Hawkins County scores 63 for gyms (upper middle), #431 of 1,792 scored counties.
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