Funeral services · Small-town market · North Carolina
Funeral homes in the Sanford, NC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Sanford, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #69 of 365 scored small-town markets
#8 of 18 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On funerals · $142 a household
- Spending per listing
- $511K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,258
- +10.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 funeral homes in the Sanford area. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Sanford area comes to about $3.6M a year: $142 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $511K of household spending for each home on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Sanford area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 5,029 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sanford area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sanford area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #69 of 365 scored small-town markets and #8 of 18 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Sanford area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Sanford area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $511K | $582K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,029 | 8,267 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $142 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $65,387 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Sanford 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 Sanford area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,258+10.8% since 2020
- Households
- 25,145
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 258
- Median household income
- $65,387+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,746
- Median home value
- $240,200
- Jobs located here
- 27,081
- Daytime population
- 64,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morehead City, NC | 91 | 7 | 2.2 | $763K | +4.1% | #3 of 365 |
| 2New Bern, NC | 83 | 13 | 2.5 | $633K | +3.6% | #19 of 365 |
| 3Albemarle, NC | 83 | 7 | 2.8 | $567K | +9.8% | #20 of 365 |
| 4Waynesville, NC | 80 | 6 | 2.2 | $802K | +1.9% | #29 of 365 |
| 5Mount Airy, NC | 76 | 6 | 2.0 | $804K | +1.3% | #42 of 365 |
| 6Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 71 | 11 | 2.8 | $537K | +3.4% | #56 of 365 |
| 7Anderson Creek, NC | 70 | 12 | 2.4 | $528K | +12.3% | #63 of 365 |
| 8Sanford, NC | 69 | 7 | 2.8 | $511K | +10.8% | #69 of 365 |
| 9Washington, NC | 62 | 8 | 4.1 | $409K | 0.0% | #107 of 365 |
| 10Wilson, NC | 56 | 12 | 3.6 | $377K | +1.7% | #142 of 365 |
Other business types in the Sanford area
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 the Sanford, NC area?
There are 7 funeral homes on map listings in the Sanford area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) 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 Sanford, NC area spend on funerals?
About $3.6M a year, or $142 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $511K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,145 households in the Sanford area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sanford, NC area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Sanford area has 2.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $511K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Sanford area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,029 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sanford, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Sanford area at 70,258 people in 2025, up 10.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,145 households. Median household income in the Sanford area is $65,387, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.8%, 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. 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 Sanford area scores 69 for funeral homes (upper middle), #69 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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