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Funeral homes in Clayton County, GA
The funeral homes in Clayton County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #623 of 1,472 scored counties
#27 of 76 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.4M
- On funerals · $99 a household
- Spending per listing
- $653K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,471
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Clayton County comes to about $10.4M a year: $99 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 funeral homes, that is $653K per home, 4% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Clayton County has 16 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Clayton County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 15,134 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Clayton County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Clayton County is 53 (upper middle), #623 of 1,472 scored counties and #27 of 76 scored counties in Georgia.
How Clayton County 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 | Clayton County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $653K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 15,134 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $99 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $59,806 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- 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 Clayton 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 Clayton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,471−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 105,941
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 142 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,110
- Median household income
- $59,806+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,514
- Median home value
- $222,300
- Jobs located here
- 139,154
- Daytime population
- 313,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia County, GA | 80 | 7 | 1.3 | $1.1M | +7.9% | #70 of 1,472 |
| 2Hall County, GA | 79 | 13 | 1.8 | $859K | +11.4% | #82 of 1,472 |
| 3Union County, GA | 78 | 5 | 4.4 | $513K | +12.3% | #95 of 1,472 |
| 4Fayette County, GA | 77 | 7 | 1.6 | $1.1M | +4.7% | #105 of 1,472 |
| 5Forsyth County, GA | 76 | 7 | 0.8 | $1.7M | +11.8% | #116 of 1,472 |
| 6Cherokee County, GA | 76 | 9 | 0.9 | $1.5M | +11.6% | #117 of 1,472 |
| 7Gwinnett County, GA | 75 | 27 | 0.8 | $1.4M | +6.2% | #128 of 1,472 |
| 8Glynn County, GA | 75 | 8 | 2.3 | $744K | +3.7% | #153 of 1,472 |
| 9Coweta County, GA | 74 | 8 | 1.4 | $921K | +9.2% | #164 of 1,472 |
| 10Chatham County, GA | 73 | 17 | 1.4 | $923K | +5.7% | #182 of 1,472 |
| 27Clayton County, GA | 53 | 16 | 1.5 | $653K | −0.6% | #623 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Clayton County
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 Clayton County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 funeral homes in Clayton County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Clayton County, GA spend on funerals?
About $10.4M a year, or $99 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $653K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,941 households in Clayton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clayton County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Clayton County has 1.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $653K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Clayton County would have about 15, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,134 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Clayton County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clayton County at 297,471 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 105,941 households. The median household income in Clayton County is $59,806 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. 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. Clayton County scores 53 for funeral homes (upper middle), #623 of 1,472 scored counties.
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