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Gyms in Hopewell city, VA

How Hopewell city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gyms: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.1M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $549 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
23,261
+1.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 gym in Hopewell city. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Hopewell city comes to about $5.1M a year: $549 per household, 44% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.1M per gym. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which gyms share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as fitness and recreational sports centers in Hopewell city: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hopewell city grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 gym on map listings, Hopewell city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hopewell city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Hopewell city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHopewell cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.16.97.6
Spending per listing$5.1M$1.4M$1.3M
Households per official establishment (all fitness and recreational sports centers)n/a2,7593,109
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.6%+5.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$549$960$983
Median household income$54,729$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

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
10 chain locations
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 Hopewell city, 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 Hopewell city

Population, 2025 estimate
23,261+1.1% since 2020
Households
9,255
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
10 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,217
Median household income
$54,729+40.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,490
Median home value
$181,600
Jobs located here
7,543
Daytime population
19,800Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for gyms, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Hopewell city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for gyms by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Powhatan County, VA9054.4$2.3M+7.0%#11 of 1,792
2New Kent County, VA9066.5$1.6M+21.2%#16 of 1,792
3Spotsylvania County, VA89336.3$1.7M+10.5%#20 of 1,792
4Orange County, VA8653.4$2.6M+10.1%#29 of 1,792
5Isle of Wight County, VA8553.2$2.8M+6.7%#32 of 1,792
6Rockingham County, VA83123.7$2.1M+6.6%#44 of 1,792
7Stafford County, VA81275.2$2.5M+8.3%#54 of 1,792
8Frederick County, VA81164.5$2.1M+8.8%#56 of 1,792
9Louisa County, VA8053.2$2.5M+13.6%#63 of 1,792
10Suffolk city, VA80184.7$1.8M+10.4%#67 of 1,792
Hopewell city, VANot scored11.1$5.1M+1.1%

Other business types in Hopewell city

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

Questions

How many gyms are in Hopewell city, VA?

There is 1 gym on map listings in Hopewell city as of September 2026. The listings count gyms and fitness centers. No official count is published for fitness and recreational sports centers in Hopewell city: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hopewell city, VA spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $5.1M a year, or $549 per household. That is 44% below the U.S. average (an index of 56, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gym on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per gym. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only gyms. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,255 households in Hopewell city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hopewell city, VA compare with the U.S. for gyms?

Hopewell city has 1 gym on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of gyms to household spending, Hopewell city would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Hopewell city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Hopewell city at 23,261 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,255 households. The median household income in Hopewell city is $54,729 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.2% 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. Hopewell city has no market score for gyms: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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