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Martial arts and dance studios in Hughes County, SD
How Hughes County, SD 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,107 of 1,334 scored counties
#8 of 8 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $920 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,570
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Hughes County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #1,107 of 1,334 scored counties and #8 of 8 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $920 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Hughes County spend about $6.7M a year on memberships, classes and admissions. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each studio on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Hughes County has 5 martial arts and dance studios on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 7% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Hughes County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hughes County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hughes County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Hughes County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.5M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,154 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.6% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $920 | $876 | $983 |
| Median household income | $81,395 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 70 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Hughes 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 Hughes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,570−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,253
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 742 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $81,395+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,105
- Median home value
- $242,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,890
- Daytime population
- 19,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 72 | 12 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +17.5% | #133 of 1,334 |
| 2Minnehaha County, SD | 71 | 31 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +7.6% | #150 of 1,334 |
| 3Pennington County, SD | 58 | 22 | 4.7 | $1.9M | +6.6% | #450 of 1,334 |
| 4Codington County, SD | 57 | 5 | 4.0 | $1.9M | +4.3% | #472 of 1,334 |
| 5Lawrence County, SD | 54 | 5 | 4.1 | $2M | +14.0% | #549 of 1,334 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 48 | 6 | 4.3 | $1.9M | +9.6% | #734 of 1,334 |
| 7Brown County, SD | 39 | 8 | 4.9 | $1.7M | −1.7% | #963 of 1,334 |
| 8Hughes County, SD | 32 | 5 | 6.9 | $1.3M | −0.9% | #1,107 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Hughes 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 classes31
- Gyms28
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios
- Martial arts and dance studios32
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Hughes County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 martial arts and dance studios in Hughes 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 Hughes County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hughes County, SD spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $6.7M a year, or $920 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 7,253 households in Hughes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hughes County, SD compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Hughes County has 6.9 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.3M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Hughes County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Hughes County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Hughes County at 17,570 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,253 households. The median household income in Hughes County is $81,395 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Hughes County scores 32 for martial arts and dance studios (lower middle), #1,107 of 1,334 scored counties.
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