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Martial arts and dance studios in Lea County, NM
How Lea County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #106 of 1,334 scored counties
#2 of 15 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $24M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $973 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 70% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,749
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
For martial arts and dance studios, Lea County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #106 of 1,334 scored counties and #2 of 15 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for martial arts and dance studios.
Households in Lea County spend about $24M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $973 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 70% above the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
There are 7 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in Lea County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Lea County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Lea County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lea County compares
The same measures for New Mexico and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the martial arts and dance studios 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 | Lea County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,583 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $973 | $919 | $983 |
| Median household income | $68,015 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Lea 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.
Population and households in Lea County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,749+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,670
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $68,015+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,389
- Median home value
- $184,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,256
- Daytime population
- 77,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 82 | 22 | 3.9 | $2.9M | +6.9% | #29 of 1,334 |
| 2Lea County, NM | 73 | 7 | 2.8 | $3.4M | +0.2% | #106 of 1,334 |
| 3Otero County, NM | 73 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.2M | +3.7% | #109 of 1,334 |
| 4Eddy County, NM | 71 | 9 | 3.8 | $2.8M | +0.3% | #148 of 1,334 |
| 5Doña Ana County, NM | 66 | 30 | 3.5 | $2.3M | +4.1% | #243 of 1,334 |
| 6San Juan County, NM | 62 | 16 | 3.8 | $2.1M | −0.9% | #335 of 1,334 |
| 7Taos County, NM | 58 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.2M | +0.3% | #435 of 1,334 |
| 8Los Alamos County, NM | 51 | 8 | 9.7 | $1.9M | 0.0% | #634 of 1,334 |
| 9Santa Fe County, NM | 50 | 44 | 6.2 | $1.8M | +1.2% | #668 of 1,334 |
| 10Valencia County, NM | 49 | 15 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +7.2% | #723 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Lea County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
- Gyms, studios and classes71
- Gyms58
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios73
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Lea County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 martial arts and dance studios in Lea County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Lea County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lea County, NM spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $24M a year, or $973 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per studio. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which martial arts and dance studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,670 households in Lea County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lea County, NM compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Lea County has 2.8 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $3.4M, 70% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Lea County would have about 12, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Lea County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Lea County at 74,749 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,670 households. The median household income in Lea County is $68,015 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Lea County scores 73 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #106 of 1,334 scored counties.
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