Funeral services · Metro area · Georgia
Funeral homes in the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area
The funeral homes in the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #133 of 377 scored metro areas
#5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 15
- 3 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On funerals · $117 a household
- Spending per listing
- $669K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,148
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 funeral homes in the Athens-Clarke County metro area. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 20%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Athens-Clarke County metro area spend about $10M a year on funerals, or $117 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $669K per home, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Athens-Clarke County metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 28,700 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Athens-Clarke County metro area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Athens-Clarke County metro area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #133 of 377 scored metro areas and #5 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Athens-Clarke County metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Athens-Clarke County metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $669K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 28,700 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $117 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $65,608 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Athens-Clarke County metro 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 Athens-Clarke County metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,148+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 86,101
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,025 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 215
- Median household income
- $65,608+39.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,551
- Median home value
- $310,200
- Jobs located here
- 94,787
- Daytime population
- 224,908Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Athens-Clarke County metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, GA | 75 | 13 | 1.8 | $859K | +11.4% | #47 of 377 |
| 2Savannah, GA | 67 | 24 | 1.5 | $847K | +8.1% | #84 of 377 |
| 3Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 64 | 318 | 1.4 | $862K | +5.9% | #100 of 377 |
| 4Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 63 | 11 | 2.3 | $712K | +4.4% | #107 of 377 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 60 | 47 | 2.0 | $720K | +5.3% | #122 of 377 |
| 5Athens-Clarke County, GA | 58 | 15 | 1.7 | $669K | +3.9% | #133 of 377 |
| 6Warner Robins, GA | 49 | 17 | 2.3 | $531K | +8.2% | #187 of 377 |
| 7Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 43 | 62 | 2.7 | $538K | +4.7% | #229 of 377 |
| 8Columbus, GA-AL | 35 | 28 | 2.2 | $574K | −1.3% | #280 of 377 |
| 9Dalton, GA | 34 | 13 | 2.5 | $552K | +3.5% | #285 of 377 |
Other business types in the Athens-Clarke County metro 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 Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area?
There are 15 funeral homes on map listings in the Athens-Clarke County metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. 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 the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area spend on funerals?
About $10M a year, or $117 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $669K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 86,101 households in the Athens-Clarke County metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Athens-Clarke County metro area has 1.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $669K, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 28,700 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Athens-Clarke County metro area at 224,148 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,101 households. Median household income in the Athens-Clarke County metro area is $65,608, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.0%, 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. The Athens-Clarke County metro area scores 58 for funeral homes (upper middle), #133 of 377 scored metro areas.
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