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Funeral homes in Meriwether County, GA
The funeral homes in Meriwether County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,026 of 1,472 scored counties
#49 of 76 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.3M
- On funerals · $158 a household
- Spending per listing
- $147K
- 78% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 5.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,516
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $158 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Meriwether County spend about $1.3M a year on funerals. That is about $147K of household spending for each home on map listings, 78% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 9 funeral homes on map listings in Meriwether County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 5.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Meriwether County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Meriwether County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Meriwether County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,026 of 1,472 scored counties and #49 of 76 scored counties in Georgia.
How Meriwether 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 | Meriwether County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $147K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $158 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $57,340 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 48 |
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
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,516+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,391
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $57,340+54.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,311
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,267
- Daytime population
- 16,127Residents 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 |
| 49Meriwether County, GA | 39 | 9 | 10.7 | $147K | +4.4% | #1,026 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Meriwether County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Meriwether County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 funeral homes in Meriwether County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Meriwether County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Meriwether County, GA spend on funerals?
About $1.3M a year, or $158 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $147K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,391 households in Meriwether County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meriwether County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Meriwether County has 10.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $147K, 78% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Meriwether County would have about 2, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Meriwether County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Meriwether County at 21,516 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,391 households. The median household income in Meriwether County is $57,340 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 54.5% 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. Meriwether County scores 39 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,026 of 1,472 scored counties.
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