Funeral services · County · Georgia
Funeral homes in Houston County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Houston County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #387 of 1,472 scored counties
#22 of 76 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On funerals · $117 a household
- Spending per listing
- $622K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,214
- +8.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Houston County comes to about $7.5M a year: $117 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $622K per home, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Houston County 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 1.9 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Houston County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 12,770 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $875K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Houston County.
Population estimates show Houston County grew 8.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Houston County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #387 of 1,472 scored counties and #22 of 76 scored counties in Georgia.
How Houston 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 | Houston County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $622K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,770 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $117 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $80,698 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- 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
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $875K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,214+8.5% since 2020
- Households
- 63,851
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 376 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 451
- Median household income
- $80,698+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,172
- Median home value
- $219,800
- Jobs located here
- 49,763
- Daytime population
- 157,925Residents 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 |
| 22Houston County, GA | 64 | 12 | 1.9 | $622K | +8.5% | #387 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Houston County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Houston County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 funeral homes in Houston County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Houston County, GA spend on funerals?
About $7.5M 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 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $622K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 63,851 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Houston County has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $622K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Houston County would have about 11, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,770 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Houston County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 178,214 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,851 households. The median household income in Houston County is $80,698 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Houston County scores 64 for funeral homes (upper middle), #387 of 1,472 scored counties.
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