Funeral services · County · Alabama
Funeral homes in Barbour County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Barbour County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,270 of 1,472 scored counties
#37 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.5M
- On funerals · $164 a household
- Spending per listing
- $167K
- 75% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 4.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,607
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Barbour County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #1,270 of 1,472 scored counties and #37 of 43 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 funeral homes in Barbour County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 4.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $164 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Barbour County spend about $1.5M a year on funerals. That works out to $167K per home, 75% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Barbour County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Barbour County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Barbour County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all funerals by the funeral homes 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 | Barbour County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $167K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $164 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $46,042 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 37 |
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
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 funeral homes and funeral services in Barbour 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 Barbour County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,607−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,128
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 885 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $46,042+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,126
- Median home value
- $112,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,420
- Daytime population
- 22,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baldwin County, AL | 88 | 13 | 1.3 | $1.2M | +14.8% | #28 of 1,472 |
| 2Shelby County, AL | 78 | 8 | 0.9 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #87 of 1,472 |
| 3Madison County, AL | 77 | 14 | 0.8 | $1.5M | +11.0% | #101 of 1,472 |
| 4Lee County, AL | 75 | 6 | 0.9 | $1.3M | +8.6% | #129 of 1,472 |
| 5St. Clair County, AL | 69 | 8 | 2.3 | $625K | +7.1% | #268 of 1,472 |
| 6Tuscaloosa County, AL | 65 | 12 | 1.3 | $872K | +3.8% | #352 of 1,472 |
| 7Cullman County, AL | 63 | 7 | 2.0 | $740K | +6.7% | #401 of 1,472 |
| 8Limestone County, AL | 63 | 8 | 2.0 | $676K | +18.0% | #409 of 1,472 |
| 9Morgan County, AL | 63 | 11 | 2.2 | $641K | +2.6% | #414 of 1,472 |
| 10Marshall County, AL | 63 | 11 | 3.0 | $474K | +6.0% | #425 of 1,472 |
| 37Barbour County, AL | 28 | 9 | 9.9 | $167K | −1.4% | #1,270 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Barbour 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
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Barbour County, AL?
Barbour County has 9 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Barbour County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Barbour County, AL spend on funerals?
About $1.5M a year, or $164 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $167K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,128 households in Barbour County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barbour County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Barbour County has 9.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $167K, 75% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Barbour County would have about 2, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Barbour County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Barbour County at 24,607 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,128 households. Median household income in Barbour County is $46,042, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.6%, 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. Barbour County scores 28 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,270 of 1,472 scored counties.
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