Funeral services · Small-town market · Alabama
Funeral homes in the Fort Payne, AL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Fort Payne, AL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #138 of 365 scored small-town markets
#4 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On funerals · $148 a household
- Spending per listing
- $323K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,085
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Fort Payne area spend about $3.9M a year on funerals, or $148 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $323K per home, 52% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The Fort Payne area has 12 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Fort Payne area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 6,545 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fort Payne area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Fort Payne area is 57 (upper middle), #138 of 365 scored small-town markets and #4 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Fort Payne area 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 | Fort Payne area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $323K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,545 | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $148 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $51,204 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $900K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 the Fort Payne 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 Fort Payne area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,085+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 26,181
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $51,204+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,235
- Median home value
- $152,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,918
- Daytime population
- 67,317Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fort Payne area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cullman, AL | 75 | 7 | 2.0 | $740K | +6.7% | #47 of 365 |
| 2Albertville, AL | 74 | 11 | 3.0 | $474K | +6.0% | #49 of 365 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 59 | 12 | 3.2 | $440K | 0.0% | #122 of 365 |
| 4Fort Payne, AL | 57 | 12 | 4.6 | $323K | +3.4% | #138 of 365 |
| 5Scottsboro, AL | 56 | 9 | 4.1 | $353K | +3.3% | #143 of 365 |
| 6Ozark, AL | 42 | 10 | 5.1 | $265K | +1.3% | #230 of 365 |
| 7Enterprise, AL | 42 | 12 | 5.7 | $236K | +6.3% | #231 of 365 |
| 8Alexander City, AL | 38 | 9 | 5.3 | $302K | −0.8% | #259 of 365 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 36 | 24 | 5.9 | $247K | +3.0% | #271 of 365 |
| 9Selma, AL | 31 | 5 | 3.1 | $426K | −7.9% | #307 of 365 |
Other business types in the Fort Payne area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Fort Payne, AL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 funeral homes in the Fort Payne area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Fort Payne, AL area spend on funerals?
About $3.9M a year, or $148 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $323K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,181 households in the Fort Payne area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Payne, AL area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Fort Payne area has 4.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $323K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Fort Payne area would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,545 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Payne, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Payne area at 74,085 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,181 households. The median household income in the Fort Payne area is $51,204 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Fort Payne area scores 57 for funeral homes (upper middle), #138 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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