An official website of the United States government
The new year is often a time for setting new fitness goals. Depending on where one lives, achieving these goals might be easier with help from employees at fitness and recreational sports centers. Here we’ve mapped metro areas by their fitness center employee location quotient in June 2017, the latest period for which data are available. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut, had the highest location quotient, at 2.8 times the national average.
Metropolitan Statistical Area | June employment location quotient | Establishments | June employment | Average weekly wage |
---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. total |
1.00 | 35,262 | 673,590 | $320 |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
2.81 | 248 | 5,591 | 476 |
Wichita, KS |
2.30 | 39 | 3,083 | 257 |
Charlottesville, VA |
2.14 | 36 | 1,114 | 268 |
Pocatello, ID |
2.05 | 12 | 327 | 178 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1.93 | 381 | 11,991 | 260 |
Great Falls, MT |
1.93 | 11 | 322 | 244 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
1.92 | 83 | 2,295 | 188 |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
1.91 | 105 | 3,254 | 212 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
1.90 | 19 | 436 | 557 |
Boulder, CO |
1.89 | 65 | 1,589 | 344 |
Modesto, CA |
1.84 | 43 | 1,614 | 316 |
Richmond, VA |
1.80 | 164 | 5,342 | 267 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
1.77 | 101 | 2,297 | 350 |
Fort Collins, CO |
1.67 | 51 | 1,245 | 255 |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
1.67 | 64 | 1,567 | 297 |
Missoula, MT |
1.66 | 21 | 474 | 189 |
New Haven-Milford, CT |
1.66 | 132 | 2,845 | 298 |
Montgomery, AL |
1.65 | 33 | 1,278 | 175 |
Santa Rosa, CA |
1.62 | 67 | 1,565 | 290 |
Syracuse, NY |
1.58 | 77 | 2,228 | 222 |
Harrisonburg, VA |
1.56 | 12 | 459 | 112 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1.56 | 767 | 22,885 | 307 |
Hammond, LA |
1.55 | 15 | 311 | 170 |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
1.52 | 68 | 954 | 416 |
Lancaster, PA |
1.50 | 55 | 1,664 | 251 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1.50 | 2,848 | 65,013 | 431 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1.49 | 252 | 7,227 | 246 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1.48 | 863 | 19,139 | 292 |
Wausau, WI |
1.46 | 19 | 489 | 195 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1.44 | 632 | 15,942 | 410 |
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH |
1.42 | 967 | 17,602 | 360 |
Corvallis, OR |
1.39 | 14 | 248 | 228 |
Racine, WI |
1.39 | 9 | 488 | 176 |
Ithaca, NY |
1.38 | 17 | 330 | 216 |
Huntsville, AL |
1.36 | 73 | 1,392 | 191 |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
1.35 | 80 | 2,185 | 234 |
Jefferson City, MO |
1.35 | 16 | 476 | 247 |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
1.35 | 105 | 2,039 | 379 |
Napa, CA |
1.34 | 23 | 494 | 302 |
Columbia, MO |
1.33 | 26 | 576 | 206 |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
1.33 | 74 | 1,174 | 260 |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
1.32 | 25 | 617 | 212 |
Madison, WI |
1.32 | 103 | 2,363 | 266 |
Chico, CA |
1.30 | 19 | 498 | 275 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
1.29 | 169 | 3,239 | 305 |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
1.27 | 36 | 712 | 243 |
Midland, TX |
1.24 | 16 | 524 | 313 |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
1.24 | 29 | 651 | 278 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
1.24 | 313 | 7,621 | 278 |
Trenton, NJ |
1.24 | 66 | 1,446 | 310 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
1.24 | 40 | 808 | 267 |
Anchorage, AK |
1.23 | 47 | 1,001 | 332 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1.23 | 319 | 6,661 | 335 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
1.23 | 241 | 5,547 | 289 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1.21 | 1,133 | 25,586 | 339 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
1.20 | 38 | 1,149 | 321 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1.20 | 442 | 7,991 | 379 |
Eugene, OR |
1.19 | 47 | 865 | 242 |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
1.18 | 34 | 450 | 217 |
Flint, MI |
1.18 | 21 | 744 | 249 |
Florence, SC |
1.18 | 15 | 454 | 220 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1.18 | 415 | 10,526 | 354 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
1.18 | 337 | 10,653 | 341 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1.17 | 397 | 6,758 | 273 |
Burlington, NC |
1.16 | 13 | 321 | 174 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
1.16 | 17 | 338 | 199 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
1.16 | 47 | 1,377 | 176 |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
1.15 | 12 | 233 | 182 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
1.15 | 285 | 5,861 | 405 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
1.15 | 38 | 590 | 289 |
Bay City, MI |
1.14 | 4 | 181 | 213 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
1.14 | 75 | 1,567 | 234 |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
1.14 | 60 | 1,417 | 234 |
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN |
1.14 | 144 | 3,381 | 250 |
Manchester-Nashua, NH |
1.14 | 72 | 1,080 | 310 |
Greenville, NC |
1.13 | 22 | 396 | 275 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
1.13 | 172 | 4,367 | 248 |
Pueblo, CO |
1.13 | 15 | 322 | 211 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
1.12 | 129 | 2,480 | 247 |
Peoria, IL |
1.12 | 43 | 880 | 221 |
Salem, OR |
1.12 | 49 | 918 | 223 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1.12 | 530 | 10,226 | 352 |
Jackson, MI |
1.11 | 14 | 297 | 370 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
1.10 | 290 | 5,052 | 459 |
Reading, PA |
1.10 | 47 | 881 | 211 |
Tulsa, OK |
1.10 | 103 | 2,172 | 319 |
Wilmington, NC |
1.08 | 41 | 622 | 244 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
1.07 | 115 | 2,431 | 230 |
Barnstable Town, MA |
1.06 | 51 | 533 | 258 |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
1.06 | 30 | 437 | 228 |
Gadsden, AL |
1.06 | 10 | 180 | 168 |
Punta Gorda, FL |
1.06 | 16 | 224 | 235 |
Redding, CA |
1.06 | 19 | 330 | 272 |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
1.05 | 42 | 645 | 269 |
Boise City, ID |
1.04 | 77 | 1,501 | 362 |
Reno, NV |
1.04 | 64 | 1,102 | 284 |
Tucson, AZ |
1.03 | 95 | 1,722 | 288 |
Ames, IA |
1.02 | 16 | 221 | 209 |
Eau Claire, WI |
1.02 | 17 | 390 | 143 |
Prescott, AZ |
1.02 | 19 | 299 | 236 |
Baton Rouge, LA |
1.01 | 90 | 1,788 | 282 |
Bellingham, WA |
1.01 | 25 | 423 | 207 |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
1.01 | 31 | 351 | 195 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
0.99 | 176 | 2,885 | 291 |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
0.99 | 51 | 632 | 262 |
Columbus, OH |
0.98 | 234 | 4,657 | 319 |
Jackson, MS |
0.97 | 62 | 1,160 | 246 |
Monroe, LA |
0.97 | 15 | 341 | 256 |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
0.96 | 60 | 758 | 277 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
0.96 | 251 | 3,167 | 296 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
0.95 | 688 | 11,391 | 338 |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
0.95 | 33 | 639 | 187 |
Dayton, OH |
0.95 | 83 | 1,622 | 311 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
0.95 | 864 | 11,044 | 410 |
Knoxville, TN |
0.94 | 87 | 1,642 | 243 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
0.93 | 1,385 | 25,633 | 419 |
Lynchburg, VA |
0.93 | 23 | 425 | 208 |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
0.93 | 12 | 158 | 186 |
Sebring, FL |
0.93 | 7 | 117 | 266 |
Springfield, MA |
0.93 | 69 | 1,200 | 265 |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
0.92 | 28 | 455 | 211 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
0.92 | 166 | 2,559 | 208 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
0.92 | 310 | 5,037 | 354 |
St. George, UT |
0.92 | 14 | 268 | 210 |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
0.91 | 34 | 643 | 237 |
Lima, OH |
0.91 | 10 | 216 | 243 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
0.91 | 174 | 3,195 | 269 |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
0.90 | 20 | 292 | 204 |
Midland, MI |
0.90 | 6 | 156 | 284 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
0.90 | 11 | 217 | 201 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
0.89 | 155 | 2,271 | 290 |
Casper, WY |
0.89 | 9 | 159 | 196 |
Tallahassee, FL |
0.89 | 48 | 691 | 288 |
Grand Junction, CO |
0.88 | 13 | 251 | 232 |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
0.88 | 26 | 521 | 181 |
Medford, OR |
0.88 | 25 | 358 | 242 |
Evansville, IN-KY |
0.87 | 28 | 615 | 190 |
Jacksonville, NC |
0.87 | 12 | 197 | 238 |
Kankakee, IL |
0.87 | 19 | 184 | 242 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
0.86 | 91 | 1,435 | 231 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
0.86 | 240 | 4,108 | 320 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
0.86 | 321 | 5,771 | 344 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
0.85 | 102 | 1,780 | 302 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
0.85 | 185 | 3,822 | 304 |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
0.84 | 10 | 125 | 343 |
Norwich-New London, CT |
0.84 | 38 | 495 | 252 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
0.83 | 108 | 1,282 | 318 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
0.83 | 304 | 7,459 | 356 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
0.83 | 537 | 11,213 | 379 |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
0.82 | 25 | 640 | 230 |
Fairbanks, AK |
0.82 | 12 | 141 | 218 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
0.82 | 44 | 952 | 275 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
0.81 | 623 | 12,952 | 393 |
Elmira, NY |
0.80 | 11 | 132 | 307 |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
0.80 | 66 | 868 | 314 |
Fargo, ND-MN |
0.79 | 34 | 505 | 244 |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
0.79 | 19 | 361 | 318 |
Mobile, AL |
0.78 | 42 | 615 | 187 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
0.78 | 184 | 3,643 | 350 |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
0.78 | 19 | 320 | 199 |
Erie, PA |
0.77 | 24 | 442 | 259 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
0.77 | 230 | 3,724 | 276 |
Monroe, MI |
0.77 | 6 | 148 | 194 |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
0.76 | 21 | 219 | 263 |
Grand Island, NE |
0.76 | 15 | 152 | 156 |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
0.76 | 46 | 747 | 238 |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
0.75 | 42 | 728 | 262 |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
0.74 | 16 | 184 | 213 |
Charleston, WV |
0.73 | 20 | 363 | 227 |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
0.73 | 15 | 193 | 287 |
Kingston, NY |
0.73 | 28 | 211 | 202 |
Ocala, FL |
0.73 | 23 | 340 | 301 |
State College, PA |
0.73 | 22 | 244 | 257 |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
0.71 | 20 | 299 | 174 |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
0.71 | 11 | 212 | 223 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
0.71 | 307 | 3,723 | 267 |
Spartanburg, SC |
0.70 | 28 | 471 | 206 |
York-Hanover, PA |
0.69 | 42 | 573 | 206 |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
0.68 | 65 | 783 | 380 |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
0.68 | 23 | 447 | 361 |
Tyler, TX |
0.68 | 26 | 324 | 438 |
Corpus Christi, TX |
0.67 | 43 | 588 | 274 |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
0.67 | 13 | 194 | 332 |
Fresno, CA |
0.66 | 56 | 1,195 | 308 |
Akron, OH |
0.65 | 68 | 983 | 288 |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
0.65 | 17 | 156 | 217 |
Lebanon, PA |
0.65 | 9 | 151 | 174 |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
0.64 | 50 | 1,403 | 375 |
Decatur, IL |
0.63 | 10 | 146 | 237 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
0.63 | 98 | 1,778 | 357 |
Bakersfield, CA |
0.62 | 48 | 942 | 318 |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
0.62 | 22 | 280 | 156 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
0.62 | 223 | 2,696 | 295 |
Rockford, IL |
0.62 | 31 | 419 | 225 |
Santa Fe, NM |
0.61 | 25 | 172 | 354 |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
0.60 | 58 | 683 | 253 |
Decatur, AL |
0.60 | 13 | 148 | 179 |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
0.60 | 12 | 156 | 219 |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
0.60 | 60 | 572 | 268 |
Cheyenne, WY |
0.59 | 7 | 125 | 216 |
Columbus, IN |
0.59 | 8 | 140 | 211 |
Asheville, NC |
0.58 | 46 | 504 | 378 |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
0.57 | 17 | 154 | 161 |
Greeley, CO |
0.56 | 21 | 275 | 259 |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
0.55 | 37 | 646 | 286 |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
0.55 | 51 | 429 | 242 |
Portland-South Portland, ME |
0.55 | 76 | 720 | 295 |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
0.54 | 13 | 146 | 254 |
Dubuque, IA |
0.54 | 11 | 147 | 156 |
Odessa, TX |
0.54 | 15 | 175 | 270 |
Joplin, MO |
0.52 | 13 | 189 | 224 |
Pittsfield, MA |
0.51 | 13 | 152 | 242 |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
0.50 | 8 | 103 | 164 |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
0.50 | 7 | 79 | 203 |
El Paso, TX |
0.49 | 74 | 685 | 247 |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
0.49 | 12 | 154 | 209 |
Merced, CA |
0.49 | 16 | 183 | 264 |
Yakima, WA |
0.49 | 15 | 278 | 235 |
Victoria, TX |
0.47 | 9 | 88 | 608 |
Laredo, TX |
0.46 | 20 | 211 | 251 |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
0.46 | 9 | 99 | 204 |
Springfield, MO |
0.46 | 37 | 431 | 278 |
Jonesboro, AR |
0.45 | 8 | 115 | 271 |
Muskegon, MI |
0.45 | 8 | 135 | 245 |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
0.45 | 17 | 128 | 202 |
Altoona, PA |
0.44 | 9 | 122 | 208 |
Muncie, IN |
0.44 | 9 | 94 | 158 |
Warner Robins, GA |
0.44 | 14 | 145 | 178 |
Johnson City, TN |
0.42 | 15 | 152 | 235 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
0.42 | 16 | 149 | 297 |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
0.42 | 9 | 95 | 280 |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
0.41 | 29 | 305 | 252 |
Carson City, NV |
0.41 | 7 | 58 | 318 |
Lawrence, KS |
0.41 | 9 | 92 | 178 |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
0.41 | 42 | 330 | 283 |
Danville, IL |
0.40 | 7 | 50 | 179 |
Farmington, NM |
0.40 | 7 | 89 | 175 |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
0.40 | 19 | 178 | 341 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
0.40 | 19 | 318 | 287 |
Las Cruces, NM |
0.39 | 11 | 129 | 208 |
Salinas, CA |
0.39 | 23 | 374 | 339 |
Springfield, OH |
0.39 | 12 | 88 | 232 |
Madera, CA |
0.38 | 5 | 87 | 242 |
Duluth, MN-WI |
0.37 | 28 | 225 | 201 |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
0.37 | 20 | 142 | 164 |
Columbus, GA-AL |
0.36 | 28 | 190 | 283 |
Lake Charles, LA |
0.36 | 19 | 189 | 290 |
Topeka, KS |
0.36 | 15 | 183 | 175 |
Albany, OR |
0.35 | 9 | 75 | 291 |
Bangor, ME |
0.35 | 11 | 114 | 185 |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
0.35 | 8 | 66 | 268 |
El Centro, CA |
0.34 | 10 | 106 | 194 |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
0.34 | 29 | 221 | 212 |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
0.34 | 21 | 181 | 230 |
Saginaw, MI |
0.34 | 11 | 135 | 170 |
Bismarck, ND |
0.33 | 10 | 109 | 235 |
Longview, WA |
0.33 | 10 | 61 | 221 |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
0.33 | 10 | 74 | 221 |
Waco, TX |
0.33 | 16 | 178 | 307 |
Johnstown, PA |
0.32 | 8 | 77 | 122 |
Mansfield, OH |
0.31 | 9 | 74 | 198 |
Battle Creek, MI |
0.30 | 7 | 78 | 267 |
Albany, GA |
0.29 | 10 | 80 | 230 |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
0.29 | 9 | 66 | 220 |
Longview, TX |
0.29 | 16 | 128 | 264 |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
0.28 | 34 | 234 | 181 |
Goldsboro, NC |
0.28 | 9 | 55 | 194 |
Yuma, AZ |
0.28 | 12 | 75 | 248 |
Rapid City, SD |
0.27 | 16 | 88 | 157 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
0.24 | 12 | 149 | 296 |
Alexandria, LA |
0.23 | 8 | 64 | 259 |
Beckley, WV |
0.23 | 4 | 46 | 114 |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
0.23 | 18 | 150 | 222 |
Gainesville, GA |
0.22 | 20 | 89 | 260 |
Fond du Lac, WI |
0.21 | 8 | 46 | 210 |
Dothan, AL |
0.20 | 7 | 52 | 255 |
Rome, GA |
0.20 | 7 | 37 | 283 |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
0.20 | 7 | 35 | 192 |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
0.19 | 19 | 94 | 159 |
Williamsport, PA |
0.19 | 7 | 46 | 249 |
Wichita Falls, TX |
0.18 | 7 | 48 | 180 |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
0.17 | 7 | 34 | 279 |
Lawton, OK |
0.14 | 5 | 28 | 227 |
Kokomo, IN |
0.12 | 4 | 22 | 228 |
Manhattan, KS |
0.12 | 5 | 22 | 85 |
Wichita, Kansas, and Charlottesville, Virginia, also had higher-than-average concentrations of employment in fitness and recreational sports centers, with location quotients of 2.30 and 2.14. Lawton, Oklahoma (0.14), Kokomo, Indiana (0.12), and Manhattan, Kansas (0.12), had the lowest concentration of employees in fitness centers among metropolitan areas.
Employees in Victoria, Texas, made the highest average weekly wage, at $608, followed by employees in Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida ($557), and Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut ($476).
Comparing total establishments, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, ranked first in the U.S. with 2,848 centers, followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (1,385), and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (1,133).
Location quotients are the ratio of an industry’s employment share in an area to its national share. For example, an industry with 6 percent of metropolitan area employment and 2 percent of national employment would have a location quotient in that area of 6/2 = 3. A location quotient greater than 1 means the industry has a higher share of area employment than the national average.
These data are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. You can get more industry employment data for the nation, states, counties, and metropolitan areas through the QCEW data viewer tool.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Getting fit for the new year: a look at fitness centers by metro area at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/getting-fit-for-the-new-year-a-look-at-fitness-centers-by-metro-area.htm (visited October 31, 2024).