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Gyms in Chambers County, TX
How Chambers County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #35 of 1,792 scored counties
#1 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Household spending a year
- $17.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,005 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,594
- +22.6% since 2020
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What this means
For gyms, Chambers County has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #35 of 1,792 scored counties and #1 of 126 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gyms.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Chambers County comes to about $17.3M a year: $1,005 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each gym on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.
There are 10 gyms on map listings in Chambers County as of September 2026. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chambers County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,307 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. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $838K have gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chambers County. Population estimates show Chambers County grew 22.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chambers County 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.
| Measure | Chambers County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $970K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers) | 4,307 | 3,173 | 3,109 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +5.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +22.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $1,005 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $109,804 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4All fitness and recreational sports centers
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $215K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 103 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $838K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Chambers 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 Chambers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,594+22.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,229
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 597 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $109,804+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,986
- Median home value
- $329,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,262
- Daytime population
- 47,989Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 85 | 10 | 5.8 | $1.7M | +22.6% | #35 of 1,792 |
| 2Waller County, TX | 80 | 12 | 6.5 | $1.3M | +21.9% | #73 of 1,792 |
| 3Medina County, TX | 75 | 8 | 4.5 | $1.6M | +11.4% | #134 of 1,792 |
| 4Fort Bend County, TX | 71 | 233 | 8.0 | $1.4M | +17.4% | #212 of 1,792 |
| 5Denton County, TX | 70 | 293 | 8.1 | $1.4M | +16.9% | #236 of 1,792 |
| 6Upshur County, TX | 69 | 6 | 3.9 | $1.6M | +8.2% | #244 of 1,792 |
| 7Guadalupe County, TX | 66 | 41 | 6.3 | $1.4M | +15.8% | #325 of 1,792 |
| 8Polk County, TX | 65 | 9 | 4.6 | $1.3M | +5.9% | #368 of 1,792 |
| 9Liberty County, TX | 65 | 17 | 5.5 | $1.3M | +31.3% | #371 of 1,792 |
| 10Brazoria County, TX | 65 | 108 | 8.1 | $1.2M | +12.2% | #375 of 1,792 |
Other business types in Chambers County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gyms are in Chambers County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 gyms in Chambers County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. Official counts show 4 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 Chambers County, TX spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $17.3M a year, or $1,005 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 gyms on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 17,229 households in Chambers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chambers County, TX compare with the U.S. for gyms?
Chambers County has 5.8 gyms per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $1.7M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Chambers County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,307 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.
How fast is Chambers County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Chambers County at 57,594 people in 2025, up 22.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,229 households. Median household income in Chambers County is $109,804, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Chambers County scores 85 for gyms (high), #35 of 1,792 scored counties.
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