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Fitness and classes · Small-town market · Texas

Gyms in the Borger, TX area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gyms in the Borger, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #460 of 506 scored small-town markets
#27 of 37 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.6M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $651 a household
Spending per listing
$911K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,633
−4.5% 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

For gyms, the Borger area has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #460 of 506 scored small-town markets and #27 of 37 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in the Borger area comes to about $4.6M a year: $651 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 gyms, that is $911K per gym, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.

The Borger area has 5 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.1, 7% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Borger area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Borger area declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Borger area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Borger, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBorger areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.18.47.6
Spending per listing$911K$970K$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)n/a3,1733,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.9%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$651$810$983
Median household income$67,228$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2741

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
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 the Borger area, 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 the Borger area

Population, 2025 estimate
19,633−4.5% since 2020
Households
7,000
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
887 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$67,228+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,061
Median home value
$119,100
Jobs located here
7,541
Daytime population
18,790Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for gyms, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Borger area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Palestine, TX7074.0$1.4M+3.2%#53 of 506
2Fredericksburg, TX6997.8$1.1M+6.6%#56 of 506
3Bay City, TX6463.9$1.6M+0.5%#98 of 506
4Mineral Wells, TX6465.3$1.2M+8.2%#105 of 506
5Kerrville, TX63146.2$1.1M+2.5%#118 of 506
6Brenham, TX61127.8$963K+7.0%#141 of 506
7Granbury, TX60197.4$1.1M+13.6%#150 of 506
8Corsicana, TX52136.8$903K+8.2%#238 of 506
9Lufkin, TX50206.2$952K+1.9%#255 of 506
10Bonham, TX50118.6$833K+9.2%#256 of 506
27Borger, TX2757.1$911K−4.5%#460 of 506

Other business types in the Borger area

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

Questions

How many gyms are in the Borger, TX area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 gyms in the Borger area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in the Borger area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Borger, TX area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $4.6M a year, or $651 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gyms on map listings, it comes to $911K 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 7,000 households in the Borger area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Borger, TX area compare with the U.S. for gyms?

The Borger area has 7.1 gyms per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $911K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, the Borger area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is the Borger, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Borger area at 19,633 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,000 households. Median household income in the Borger area is $67,228, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Borger area scores 27 for gyms (lower middle), #460 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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