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Funeral homes in Blount County, AL

How Blount County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.4M
On funerals · $153 a household
Spending per listing
$849K
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,156
+1.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Blount County. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Households in Blount County spend about $3.4M a year on funerals, or $153 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $849K per home, 25% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Blount County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 7,393 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Blount County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Blount County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Blount 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.

Funeral homes in Blount County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBlount CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.82.82.1
Spending per listing$849K$496K$679K
Households per official establishment7,3937,0088,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.9%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$153$139$143
Median household income$64,190$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$873K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Blount 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 Blount County

Population, 2025 estimate
60,156+1.8% since 2020
Households
22,180
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$64,190+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,889
Median home value
$175,200
Jobs located here
9,571
Daytime population
43,189Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Blount County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Baldwin County, AL88131.3$1.2M+14.8%#28 of 1,472
2Shelby County, AL7880.9$1.5M+6.5%#87 of 1,472
3Madison County, AL77140.8$1.5M+11.0%#101 of 1,472
4Lee County, AL7560.9$1.3M+8.6%#129 of 1,472
5St. Clair County, AL6982.3$625K+7.1%#268 of 1,472
6Tuscaloosa County, AL65121.3$872K+3.8%#352 of 1,472
7Cullman County, AL6372.0$740K+6.7%#401 of 1,472
8Limestone County, AL6382.0$676K+18.0%#409 of 1,472
9Morgan County, AL63112.2$641K+2.6%#414 of 1,472
10Marshall County, AL63113.0$474K+6.0%#425 of 1,472
Blount County, ALNot scored41.8$849K+1.8%

Other business types in Blount County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Blount County, AL?

Blount County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Blount County, AL spend on funerals?

About $3.4M a year, or $153 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $849K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,180 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Blount County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Blount County has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $849K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Blount County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,393 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Blount County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Blount County at 60,156 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,180 households. Median household income in Blount County is $64,190, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. Blount County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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