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Gyms in Hunt County, TX

How Hunt 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #779 of 1,792 scored counties
#42 of 126 scored counties in Texas

Listings
32
10 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
7
All fitness and recreational sports centers
Household spending a year
$26.3M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $683 a household
Spending per listing
$821K
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
123,336
+23.0% 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 Hunt County comes to about $26.3M a year: $683 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That works out to $821K per gym, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms.

Hunt County has 32 gyms on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 28% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 9% above the U.S. rate of 7.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Hunt County classed as fitness and recreational sports centers. That is one for every 5,495 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $244K has gone to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Hunt County.

Population estimates show Hunt County grew 23.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hunt County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gyms, ranking #779 of 1,792 scored counties and #42 of 126 scored counties in Texas.

How Hunt 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.

Gyms in Hunt County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHunt CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.38.47.6
Spending per listing$821K$970K$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)5,4953,1733,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.9%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+23.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$683$810$983
Median household income$71,938$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5441

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 7All fitness and recreational sports centers
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$753K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$244K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Hunt 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 Hunt County

Population, 2025 estimate
123,336+23.0% since 2020
Households
38,466
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
840 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$71,938+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,212
Median home value
$241,700
Jobs located here
32,267
Daytime population
92,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chambers County, TX85105.8$1.7M+22.6%#35 of 1,792
2Waller County, TX80126.5$1.3M+21.9%#73 of 1,792
3Medina County, TX7584.5$1.6M+11.4%#134 of 1,792
4Fort Bend County, TX712338.0$1.4M+17.4%#212 of 1,792
5Denton County, TX702938.1$1.4M+16.9%#236 of 1,792
6Upshur County, TX6963.9$1.6M+8.2%#244 of 1,792
7Guadalupe County, TX66416.3$1.4M+15.8%#325 of 1,792
8Polk County, TX6594.6$1.3M+5.9%#368 of 1,792
9Liberty County, TX65175.5$1.3M+31.3%#371 of 1,792
10Brazoria County, TX651088.1$1.2M+12.2%#375 of 1,792
42Hunt County, TX54328.3$821K+23.0%#779 of 1,792

Other business types in Hunt County

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

Questions

How many gyms are in Hunt County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 gyms in Hunt County. 10 of them (31%) 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 Hunt County, TX spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $26.3M a year, or $683 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 gyms on map listings, it comes to $821K 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 38,466 households in Hunt County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hunt County, TX compare with the U.S. for gyms?

Hunt County has 8.3 gyms per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 7.6. Spending per gym is $821K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of gyms to household spending, Hunt County would have about 20, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,495 households, against one for every 3,109 across the U.S.

How fast is Hunt County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Hunt County at 123,336 people in 2025, up 23.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,466 households. Median household income in Hunt County is $71,938, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Hunt County scores 54 for gyms (upper middle), #779 of 1,792 scored counties.

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