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Martial arts and dance studios in Wichita County, TX
The martial arts and dance studios in Wichita County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,017 of 1,334 scored counties
#62 of 82 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.3M
- On memberships, classes and admissions · $619 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,555
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Wichita County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for martial arts and dance studios, ranking #1,017 of 1,334 scored counties and #62 of 82 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on memberships, classes and admissions in Wichita County comes to about $30.3M a year: $619 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per studio, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2M. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.
Wichita County has 18 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 comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in Wichita County in 2023. That is one for every 4,456 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wichita County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wichita 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 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 | Wichita County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.7M | $2M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,456 | 3,747 | 3,473 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.6% | +11.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions | $619 | $810 | $983 |
| Median household income | $63,524 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 74
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $955K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Wichita 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 Wichita County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,5550.0% since 2020
- Households
- 49,017
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $63,524+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,175
- Median home value
- $153,700
- Jobs located here
- 50,556
- Daytime population
- 130,005Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wise County, TX | 82 | 9 | 3.6 | $2.4M | +21.5% | #31 of 1,334 |
| 2Midland County, TX | 78 | 26 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +10.0% | #61 of 1,334 |
| 3Bastrop County, TX | 78 | 14 | 3.8 | $2.1M | +21.3% | #63 of 1,334 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 77 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.3M | +12.2% | #72 of 1,334 |
| 5Guadalupe County, TX | 75 | 21 | 3.2 | $2.6M | +15.8% | #81 of 1,334 |
| 6Burnet County, TX | 74 | 7 | 3.3 | $2.3M | +15.2% | #101 of 1,334 |
| 7San Patricio County, TX | 73 | 6 | 2.4 | $2.8M | +4.7% | #113 of 1,334 |
| 8Ellis County, TX | 73 | 32 | 4.5 | $2M | +24.0% | #122 of 1,334 |
| 9Ector County, TX | 71 | 16 | 2.5 | $2.8M | +5.0% | #143 of 1,334 |
| 10Henderson County, TX | 70 | 7 | 2.1 | $3M | +7.5% | #159 of 1,334 |
| 62Wichita County, TX | 36 | 18 | 3.7 | $1.7M | 0.0% | #1,017 of 1,334 |
Other business types in Wichita 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 classes29
- Gyms33
- Yoga, Pilates and fitness studios52
- Martial arts and dance studios36
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many martial arts and dance studios are in Wichita County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 martial arts and dance studios in Wichita County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.
How much do households in Wichita County, TX spend on memberships, classes and admissions?
About $30.3M a year, or $619 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 49,017 households in Wichita County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wichita County, TX compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?
Wichita County has 3.7 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $1.7M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2M. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, Wichita County would have about 15, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,456 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.
How fast is Wichita County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wichita County at 129,555 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 49,017 households. The median household income in Wichita County is $63,524 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Wichita County scores 36 for martial arts and dance studios (lower middle), #1,017 of 1,334 scored counties.
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