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Funeral homes in Carroll County, TN
The funeral homes in Carroll County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #958 of 1,472 scored counties
#37 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.9M
- On funerals · $161 a household
- Spending per listing
- $310K
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,200
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $161 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Carroll County spend about $1.9M a year on funerals. That is about $310K of household spending for each home on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Carroll County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Carroll County in 2023. That is one for every 2,885 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Carroll County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Carroll County is 41 (lower middle), #958 of 1,472 scored counties and #37 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Carroll County 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 | Carroll County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $310K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,885 | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $161 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $51,787 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $878K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,200+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,541
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $51,787+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,399
- Median home value
- $142,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,237
- Daytime population
- 25,107Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Loudon County, TN | 85 | 5 | 2.1 | $921K | +15.6% | #40 of 1,472 |
| 2Williamson County, TN | 79 | 11 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +9.0% | #78 of 1,472 |
| 3Blount County, TN | 77 | 10 | 1.8 | $896K | +6.0% | #111 of 1,472 |
| 4Fayette County, TN | 75 | 5 | 2.9 | $578K | +7.7% | #155 of 1,472 |
| 5Rutherford County, TN | 74 | 14 | 1.1 | $976K | +12.6% | #161 of 1,472 |
| 6Hamilton County, TN | 72 | 25 | 1.6 | $867K | +6.2% | #200 of 1,472 |
| 7Wilson County, TN | 68 | 11 | 1.9 | $709K | +17.8% | #291 of 1,472 |
| 8Montgomery County, TN | 68 | 11 | 1.3 | $705K | +13.0% | #292 of 1,472 |
| 9Jefferson County, TN | 67 | 6 | 2.8 | $593K | +9.3% | #316 of 1,472 |
| 10Sullivan County, TN | 65 | 15 | 2.2 | $704K | +3.5% | #359 of 1,472 |
| 37Carroll County, TN | 41 | 6 | 5.2 | $310K | +2.7% | #958 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Carroll County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Carroll County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Carroll County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Carroll County, TN spend on funerals?
About $1.9M a year, or $161 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $310K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,541 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, TN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Carroll County has 5.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $310K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Carroll County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,885 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,200 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,541 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $51,787 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Carroll County scores 41 for funeral homes (lower middle), #958 of 1,472 scored counties.
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