Home fitness statistics are best read alongside broader exercise data because national surveys rarely isolate workouts performed inside the home. The figures below separate facility membership, facility equipment use and self-reported leisure-time activity, with population, period and geography stated for each measure.
Key Home Fitness Statistics
The most useful U.S. benchmarks include:
- In 2024, 77 million people age 6 and older held fitness-facility memberships in the United States.
- In 2024, fitness facilities served nearly 96 million total U.S. customers age 6 and older.
- In 2024, 24.9% of the U.S. population age 6 and older held a fitness-facility membership.
- In 2024, total fitness-facility customer penetration reached 31.0% in the United States among people age 6 and older.
- In 2024, 43.4% of U.S. fitness-facility members used treadmills.
- In 2024, 32.1% of U.S. fitness-facility members trained with dumbbells or free weights.
- In 2020, 24.2% of U.S. adults age 18 and older met both aerobic and muscle-strengthening guidelines.
- In 2020, 46.3% of U.S. adults age 18 and older met neither federal activity guideline.
- In 2024, 26.4% of U.S. adults age 18 and older met both guidelines under the Healthy People 2030 measure.
- In 2020, 28.3% of U.S. men and 20.4% of U.S. women met both guidelines.
- In 2020, 41.3% of U.S. men ages 18–34 met both guidelines.
- In 2020, 10.8% of U.S. women age 65 and older met both guidelines.
- In 2022, 33.6% of U.S. adults age 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or higher met both guidelines.
- In 2020, 32.4% of U.S. men at 200% of the federal poverty level or more met both guidelines.
- In 2020, 9.9% of U.S. women below the federal poverty level met both guidelines.
- In 2022, 13.9% of U.S. community-dwelling adults age 65 and older met both guidelines.
- In 2022, 16.8% of community-dwelling U.S. adults ages 65–74 met both guidelines.
- In 2022, 5.0% of community-dwelling U.S. adults age 65 and older with disabilities met both guidelines.
Contents
- U.S. home fitness participation and facility reach
- Home fitness equipment-use trends
- Adult exercise guideline statistics
- Home fitness statistics by age, sex, race and education
- Income, geography and fitness access
- Older-adult fitness statistics and health status
U.S. Home Fitness Participation and Facility Reach
Facility data provides context for the market around home exercise, but it is not a direct count of people exercising at home. The Health & Fitness Association’s 2025 U.S. Health & Fitness Consumer Report drew on an 18,000-person survey of U.S. residents age 6 and older for its 2024 participation estimates.
- The report counted 77 million fitness-facility members in 2024, equal to 24.9% of the U.S. population age 6 and older.
- Fitness facilities served nearly 96 million total customers in 2024, producing total customer penetration of 31.0% among U.S. residents age 6 and older.
- Nearly 19 million additional people used fitness facilities as non-members in 2024.
- Fitness-facility membership rose 5.6% year over year in 2024, after rising 5.8% in 2023.
These figures include membership and other participation routes, including aggregator, pay-as-you-go, insurance and employer-program users. They show the scale of organized fitness access, while the source explicitly cautions that facility membership is broader than home-fitness participation.
Home Fitness Equipment-Use Trends in the U.S. Market
The HFA equipment figures describe what facility members used, not which machines households own. They are still useful for identifying the exercise modes most visible in the 2024 U.S. fitness market.
| Equipment or activity | 2024 share of facility members | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Treadmills | 43.4% | United States facility members |
| Dumbbells or free weights | 32.1% | United States facility members |
| Resistance machines | 26.6% | United States facility members |
| Ellipticals | 18.8% | United States facility members |
Resistance-machine use declined from 31.4% in 2021 to 26.6% in 2024, while elliptical use declined from 23.2% to 18.8% over the same period. Because these are comparable facility-member measures, they should not be converted into estimates of residential ownership or home workout frequency.
Commercial-facility activity continued to increase in the next measured period. HFA’s FIT Tracker found that commercial-fitness-facility visits rose 3.5% in the first half of 2025 compared with the first half of 2024, while monthly visits per fitness-facility user rose 1.4% year over year.
The FIT Tracker analyzed nearly 11,000 U.S. facilities, approximately one-fifth of commercial locations. Its observational location data does not measure home workouts and should not be generalized to the entire fitness population.
Source: How 77 Million Fitness Members Work Out: New HFA Data Reveals Shifting Equipment, Training, and Membership Trends; 2025 Fitness Industry Foot Traffic Trends: Budget Gyms Booming, Engagement Up Across All Segments.
Adult Exercise Guideline Statistics Relevant to Home Workouts
The CDC’s National Health Interview Survey measures self-reported leisure-time activity rather than workout location. The 2018 federal definition requires at least 150–300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity weekly, or 75–150 minutes of vigorous activity, plus muscle-strengthening activity on at least 2 days per week.
| Mutually exclusive 2020 outcome | U.S. adults age 18+ |
|---|---|
| Met both guidelines | 24.2% |
| Met aerobic guideline only | 22.7% |
| Met muscle-strengthening guideline only | 6.8% |
| Met neither guideline | 46.3% |
Looking at each guideline separately, 46.9% met the aerobic guideline with or without strength training, and 31.0% met the muscle-strengthening guideline with or without aerobic activity. These categories describe adults’ reported activity, not whether the activity occurred in a home, facility or outdoor setting.
Healthy People 2030 reports a related age-adjusted measure: the 2020 baseline was 25.2% of U.S. adults age 18 and older meeting both guidelines, the 2024 estimate was 26.4%, and the policy target is 29.7%. The target is an objective, not an observed participation result.
Sources: Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2020; Healthy People 2030 PA-05: Increase the proportion of adults who do enough aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity.
Home Fitness Statistics by Age, Sex, Race and Education
Demographic differences in guideline attainment help explain why a single home-fitness participation rate can be misleading. The 2020 CDC estimates are self-reported, age-adjusted where stated, and concern U.S. adults’ leisure-time activity.
- Both-guideline attainment was 28.3% among men and 20.4% among women in 2020.
- Among men, attainment was 41.3% at ages 18–34, 29.4% at 35–49, 21.6% at 50–64 and 15.3% at 65 and older.
- Among women, attainment was 28.7% at ages 18–34, 22.7% at 35–49, 17.6% at 50–64 and 10.8% at 65 and older.
- Among men, both-guideline attainment was 30.5% for non-Hispanic White men, 30.2% for non-Hispanic Asian men, 29.7% for non-Hispanic Black men and 23.5% for Hispanic men.
- Among women, attainment was 24.3% for non-Hispanic White women, 18.0% for Hispanic women, 16.7% for non-Hispanic Asian women and 16.5% for non-Hispanic Black women.
A separate CDC 2022 QuickStats measure covers adults age 25 and older. 22.5% met both guidelines overall, compared with 12.2% of those with a high-school education or less and 33.6% of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
The education comparison is descriptive, not causal, and uses a different year and population definition from the 2020 age-and-sex estimates.
Sources: Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2020; QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥25 Years Who Met the 2018 Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Both Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity, by Educational Attainment — United States, 2022.
Income, Geography and Fitness Access Patterns
Income is strongly associated with reported attainment in the 2020 adult data, although the survey does not establish that income causes different exercise behavior or distinguish home from non-home activity.
| Income relative to federal poverty level | Men meeting both, 2020 | Women meeting both, 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Below 100% FPL | 16.2% | 9.9% |
| 100%–199% FPL | 20.0% | 13.6% |
| 200% FPL or more | 32.4% | 25.9% |
Income refers to prior-year family income relative to the federal poverty level. The pattern is a survey association, not a measure of home-equipment affordability, internet access or available living space.
Geographic detail is especially clear in the 2022 older-adult report. Among community-dwelling adults age 65 and older, both-guideline attainment was 14.7% in metropolitan areas and 10.0% in nonmetropolitan areas; regional estimates were 17.0% in the West, 14.4% in the Midwest, 13.2% in the Northeast and 12.0% in the South.
These geography figures describe metropolitan status and Census region, not access to a home gym. They should therefore be used as participation context rather than as direct evidence about household facilities.
Source: Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2020; Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 65 and Older: United States, 2022.
Older-Adult Fitness Statistics, Health Status and Disability
The CDC/NCHS 2022 report covers community-dwelling U.S. adults age 65 and older and excludes people in long-term-care institutions. It is cross-sectional, uses leisure-time self-report, and cannot establish causation.
Overall, 13.9% met both federal guidelines. The age-specific rates were 16.8% at ages 65–74, 12.3% at 75–84 and 6.2% at 85 and older; the age-specific figures are not age adjusted.
- By sex, 16.9% of men and 11.5% of women met both guidelines.
- By race and Hispanic origin, attainment was 15.2% for non-Hispanic White adults, 12.2% for non-Hispanic Asian adults, 10.3% for Hispanic adults and 10.2% for non-Hispanic Black adults.
- By income, 6.4% of adults below 100% FPL and 21.4% of adults at 400% FPL or more met both guidelines.
- By education, attainment was 4.5% for adults with less than a high-school diploma or GED and 25.6% for those with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
- By self-rated health, attainment was 4.5% among those reporting fair or poor health, 10.2% among those reporting good health and 21.8% among those reporting excellent or very good health.
- By chronic-condition count, attainment was 19.3% with zero or one condition, 16.2% with two, 13.2% with three and 7.8% with four or more.
- By disability status, 15.9% without disabilities and 5.0% with disabilities met both guidelines.
- By PHQ-8 depression symptoms, attainment was 15.6% with no symptoms, 7.2% with mild symptoms and 4.7% with moderate or severe symptoms.
- By GAD-7 anxiety symptoms, attainment was 14.8% with no symptoms, 7.6% with mild symptoms and 5.4% with moderate or severe symptoms.
- By BMI category, 19.1% of older adults with healthy weight met both guidelines; this is an association, not an outcome caused by exercise.
The older-adult results show why home fitness discussions should include ability, health and resources as well as equipment. They describe measured associations in a defined population, not proof that a particular home workout, device or setting produces a health result.
Source: Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 65 and Older: United States, 2022.