Funeral services · Small-town market · Tennessee
Funeral homes in the Athens, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Athens, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #147 of 365 scored small-town markets
#5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.1M
- On funerals · $157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $346K
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,590
- +8.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 funeral homes in the Athens area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Athens area comes to about $4.1M a year: $157 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $346K per home, 49% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Athens area in 2023. That is one for every 3,779 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Athens area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Athens area is 55 (upper middle), #147 of 365 scored small-town markets and #5 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Athens area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Athens area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $346K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,779 | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $157 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,438 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 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 Athens 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 Athens area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,590+8.2% since 2020
- Households
- 26,453
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 625 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $61,438
- Average household income
- $81,180
- Median home value
- $205,300
- Jobs located here
- 19,824
- Daytime population
- 61,141Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Athens area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lawrenceburg, TN | 72 | 5 | 2.9 | $501K | +6.2% | #53 of 365 |
| 2Fayetteville, TN | 67 | 5 | 3.4 | $447K | +4.3% | #82 of 365 |
| 3Winchester, TN | 61 | 5 | 2.9 | $548K | +6.4% | #111 of 365 |
| 4Shelbyville, TN | 58 | 5 | 2.6 | $494K | +9.7% | #127 of 365 |
| 5Athens, TN | 55 | 12 | 4.5 | $346K | +8.2% | #147 of 365 |
| 6Cookeville, TN | 54 | 23 | 3.9 | $347K | +7.6% | #156 of 365 |
| 7Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 51 | 10 | 3.9 | $388K | +7.3% | #173 of 365 |
| 8Lewisburg, TN | 46 | 5 | 3.7 | $362K | +10.5% | #197 of 365 |
| 9Martin, TN | 36 | 5 | 3.7 | $378K | +1.1% | #268 of 365 |
| 10Union City, TN | 21 | 8 | 6.4 | $238K | −2.3% | #342 of 365 |
Other business types in the Athens 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 Athens, TN area?
The Athens area has 12 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Athens, TN area spend on funerals?
About $4.1M a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $346K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,453 households in the Athens area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Athens, TN area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Athens area has 4.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $346K, 49% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Athens area would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,779 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Athens, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Athens area at 71,590 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,453 households. Median household income in the Athens area is $61,438, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Athens area scores 55 for funeral homes (upper middle), #147 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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