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Funeral homes in Heard County, GA

How Heard County, GA 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$599K
On funerals · $139 a household
Spending per listing
$599K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
12,149
+6.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 funeral home in Heard County. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on funerals in Heard County comes to about $599K a year: $139 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $599K per home.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Heard County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Heard County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 funeral home on map listings, Heard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Heard 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.

Funeral homes in Heard County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureHeard CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.32.32.1
Spending per listing$599K$549K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a9,2188,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$139$128$143
Median household income$65,868$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Heard 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 Heard County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,149+6.2% since 2020
Households
4,309
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
296 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$65,868+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,040
Median home value
$186,800
Jobs located here
1,539
Daytime population
9,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbia County, GA8071.3$1.1M+7.9%#70 of 1,472
2Hall County, GA79131.8$859K+11.4%#82 of 1,472
3Union County, GA7854.4$513K+12.3%#95 of 1,472
4Fayette County, GA7771.6$1.1M+4.7%#105 of 1,472
5Forsyth County, GA7670.8$1.7M+11.8%#116 of 1,472
6Cherokee County, GA7690.9$1.5M+11.6%#117 of 1,472
7Gwinnett County, GA75270.8$1.4M+6.2%#128 of 1,472
8Glynn County, GA7582.3$744K+3.7%#153 of 1,472
9Coweta County, GA7481.4$921K+9.2%#164 of 1,472
10Chatham County, GA73171.4$923K+5.7%#182 of 1,472
Heard County, GANot scored12.3$599K+6.2%

Other business types in Heard County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Heard County, GA?

There is 1 funeral home on map listings in Heard County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Heard County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Heard County, GA spend on funerals?

About $599K a year, or $139 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 funeral home on map listings, it comes to $599K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,309 households in Heard County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Heard County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Heard County has 1 funeral home on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.

How fast is Heard County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Heard County at 12,149 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,309 households. Median household income in Heard County is $65,868, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Heard County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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