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Funeral services · Small-town market · Georgia

Funeral homes in the Jefferson, GA area

How the Jefferson, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #193 of 365 scored small-town markets
#8 of 20 scored small-town markets based 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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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 14 funeral homes in the Jefferson area. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in the Jefferson area comes to about $3.7M a year: $131 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 funeral homes, that is $266K per home, 61% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Jefferson area 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 the Jefferson area grew 29.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Jefferson area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #193 of 365 scored small-town markets and #8 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Georgia.

How the Jefferson area 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 Jefferson, GA area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.92.32.1
Spending per listing$266K$549K$679K
Households per official establishment5,6809,2188,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/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 score4748

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
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 the Jefferson area, 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 the Jefferson area

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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Funeral homes across Georgia

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Jefferson area marked.

Top small-town markets in Georgia

Small-town markets in Georgia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cornelia, GA7374.2$426K+9.3%#51 of 365
2Statesboro, GA64102.9$390K+8.0%#98 of 365
3Dublin, GA59104.6$356K+2.8%#125 of 365
4Toccoa, GA5365.7$285K+3.8%#162 of 365
5Kingsland, GA5273.2$381K+9.5%#167 of 365
6Thomasville, GA51144.9$302K+1.3%#176 of 365
7Milledgeville, GA5053.0$450K+0.6%#178 of 365
8Jefferson, GA47144.9$266K+29.3%#193 of 365
9Waycross, GA4494.4$338K+3.0%#214 of 365
10Moultrie, GA4484.8$280K+3.3%#218 of 365

Other business types in the Jefferson area

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Jefferson, GA area?

There are 14 funeral homes on map listings in the Jefferson area as of September 2026. 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 the Jefferson, GA area 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 the Jefferson area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jefferson, GA area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Jefferson area 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 national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Jefferson area 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 the Jefferson, GA area growing?

Population estimates put the Jefferson area at 99,265 people in 2025, up 29.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,402 households. Median household income in the Jefferson area is $89,544, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Jefferson area scores 47 for funeral homes (lower middle), #193 of 365 scored small-town markets.

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