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Funeral homes in Dougherty County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Dougherty County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,192 of 1,472 scored counties
#63 of 76 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.4M
- On funerals · $130 a household
- Spending per listing
- $370K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,616
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Dougherty County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,192 of 1,472 scored counties and #63 of 76 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 funeral homes in Dougherty County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Dougherty County comes to about $4.4M a year: $130 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 funeral homes, that is $370K per home, 45% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Dougherty County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 5,713 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Dougherty County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dougherty 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 | Dougherty County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $370K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,713 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $130 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $49,044 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- 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
- 7The 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 Dougherty 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 Dougherty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,616−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 34,280
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 253
- Median household income
- $49,044+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,820
- Median home value
- $134,400
- Jobs located here
- 43,701
- Daytime population
- 96,519Residents 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 |
| 63Dougherty County, GA | 31 | 12 | 3.5 | $370K | −3.0% | #1,192 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Dougherty 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 Dougherty County, GA?
Dougherty County has 12 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Dougherty County, GA spend on funerals?
About $4.4M a year, or $130 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $370K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,280 households in Dougherty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dougherty County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Dougherty County has 3.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $370K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Dougherty County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,713 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Dougherty County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dougherty County at 82,616 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,280 households. Median household income in Dougherty County is $49,044, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Dougherty County scores 31 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,192 of 1,472 scored counties.
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