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Funeral homes in Walker County, GA
How Walker 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #207 of 1,472 scored counties
#12 of 76 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On funerals · $160 a household
- Spending per listing
- $703K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,250
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Walker County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 50%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.3, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Walker County comes to about $4.2M a year: $160 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $703K of household spending for each home on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Walker County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Walker County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Walker County is 72 (upper middle), #207 of 1,472 scored counties and #12 of 76 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Walker 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 | Walker County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $703K | $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 | +3.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $160 | $128 | $143 |
| Median household income | $59,469 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 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
- 63 chain locations
- 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 Walker 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 Walker County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,250+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 26,355
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 446 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 154
- Median household income
- $59,469+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,031
- Median home value
- $197,100
- Jobs located here
- 14,754
- Daytime population
- 56,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Walker County?
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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 |
| 12Walker County, GA | 72 | 6 | 2.3 | $703K | +3.7% | #207 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Walker 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 Walker County, GA?
There are 6 funeral homes on map listings in Walker County as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Walker County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Walker County, GA spend on funerals?
About $4.2M a year, or $160 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $703K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,355 households in Walker County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walker County, GA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Walker County has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $703K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.
How fast is Walker County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Walker County at 70,250 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,355 households. Median household income in Walker County is $59,469, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Walker County scores 72 for funeral homes (upper middle), #207 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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