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Funeral homes in Newton County, GA
How Newton County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #525 of 1,472 scored counties
#25 of 76 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On funerals · $123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $461K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,583
- +11.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 funeral homes in Newton County. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Newton County comes to about $5.1M a year: $123 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $461K per home, 32% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Newton County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 10,301 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Newton County grew 11.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Newton County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #525 of 1,472 scored counties and #25 of 76 scored counties in Georgia.
How Newton 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 | Newton County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $461K | $549K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 10,301 | 9,218 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $123 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $77,179 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $806K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Newton 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 Newton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,583+11.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,203
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 274 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 432
- Median household income
- $77,179+37.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,574
- Median home value
- $265,000
- Jobs located here
- 26,349
- Daytime population
- 91,909Residents 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 |
| 25Newton County, GA | 58 | 11 | 2.7 | $461K | +11.2% | #525 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Newton 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 Newton County, GA?
Newton County has 11 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Newton County, GA spend on funerals?
About $5.1M a year, or $123 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $461K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,203 households in Newton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newton County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Newton County has 2.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $461K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Newton County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,301 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Newton County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Newton County at 125,583 people in 2025, up 11.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,203 households. Median household income in Newton County is $77,179, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.1%, 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. Newton County scores 58 for funeral homes (upper middle), #525 of 1,472 scored counties.
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