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Martial arts and dance studios in the Oak Harbor, WA area

How the Oak Harbor, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #85 of 378 scored small-town markets
#7 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Washington

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.4M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $1,177 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
75% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
85,657
−1.5% 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 12 martial arts and dance studios in the Oak Harbor area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 7% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 4.9.

Households in the Oak Harbor area spend about $42.4M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $1,177 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per studio, 75% above the U.S. figure of $2M. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which martial arts and dance studios share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Oak Harbor area in 2023. That is one for every 3,597 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Oak Harbor area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oak Harbor area declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For martial arts and dance studios, the Oak Harbor area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #85 of 378 scored small-town markets and #7 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Oak Harbor area compares

The same measures for Washington 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.

Martial arts and dance studios in Oak Harbor, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOak Harbor areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.34.54.9
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.1M$2M
Households per official establishment3,5972,6263,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.3%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$1,177$1,386$983
Median household income$90,551$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score6472

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$660K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$20K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in the Oak Harbor area, 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 the Oak Harbor area

Population, 2025 estimate
85,657−1.5% since 2020
Households
35,972
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
209 sq. mi.
People per square mile
416
Median household income
$90,551+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,035
Median home value
$593,300
Jobs located here
16,025
Daytime population
70,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Oak Harbor area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Centralia, WA93103.0$3.2M+6.7%#1 of 378
2Moses Lake, WA76144.0$2.4M+6.3%#24 of 378
3Ellensburg, WA7363.0$3.6M+4.2%#30 of 378
4Port Townsend, WA6963.7$2.9M+2.7%#52 of 378
5Port Angeles, WA66133.7$2.6M+1.1%#69 of 378
6Aberdeen, WA65144.6$1.9M+3.0%#84 of 378
7Oak Harbor, WA64123.3$3.5M−1.5%#85 of 378

Other business types in the Oak Harbor area

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

Questions

How many martial arts and dance studios are in the Oak Harbor, WA area?

There are 12 martial arts and dance studios on map listings in the Oak Harbor area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in 2023.

How much do households in the Oak Harbor, WA area spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $42.4M a year, or $1,177 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 martial arts and dance studios on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,972 households in the Oak Harbor area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oak Harbor, WA area compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?

The Oak Harbor area has 3.3 martial arts and dance studios per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 4.9. Spending per studio is $3.5M, 75% above the U.S. figure of $2M. At the national ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, the Oak Harbor area would have about 21, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,597 households, against one for every 3,473 across the U.S.

How fast is the Oak Harbor, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Oak Harbor area at 85,657 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,972 households. Median household income in the Oak Harbor area is $90,551, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Oak Harbor area scores 64 for martial arts and dance studios (upper middle), #85 of 378 scored small-town markets.

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