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Funeral homes in Jackson County, GA
The funeral homes in Jackson County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #912 of 1,472 scored counties
#44 of 76 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.7M
- On funerals · $131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $266K
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,265
- +29.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $131 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Jackson County spend about $3.7M a year on funerals. That works out to $266K per home, 61% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Jackson County has 14 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Jackson County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 5,680 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jackson County grew 29.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Jackson County is 43 (lower middle), #912 of 1,472 scored counties and #44 of 76 scored counties in Georgia.
How Jackson 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 | Jackson County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $266K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,680 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +29.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $131 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $89,544 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,265+29.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,402
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 340 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 250
- Median household income
- $89,544+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,650
- Median home value
- $345,000
- Jobs located here
- 45,774
- Daytime population
- 93,828Residents 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 |
| 44Jackson County, GA | 43 | 14 | 4.9 | $266K | +29.3% | #912 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Jackson 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 Jackson County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 funeral homes in Jackson County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. 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 Jackson County, GA spend on funerals?
About $3.7M a year, or $131 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $266K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,402 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jackson County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Jackson County has 4.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $266K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Jackson County would have about 6, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,680 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Jackson County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Jackson County at 99,265 people in 2025, up 29.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,402 households. The median household income in Jackson County is $89,544 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.0% 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. Jackson County scores 43 for funeral homes (lower middle), #912 of 1,472 scored counties.
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