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Funeral homes in Decatur County, TN
How Decatur County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $763K
- On funerals · $167 a household
- Spending per listing
- $254K
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,820
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Decatur County comes to about $763K a year: $167 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $254K of household spending for each home on map listings, 63% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Decatur County has 3 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Decatur County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,523 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Decatur County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 funeral homes on map listings, Decatur County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Decatur 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 | Decatur County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $254K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,523 | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $167 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $45,375 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $356K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,820+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,568
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 334 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $45,375+8.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,847
- Median home value
- $139,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,527
- Daytime population
- 10,690Residents 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 |
| Decatur County, TN | Not scored | 3 | 6.6 | $254K | +3.4% |
Other business types in Decatur 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
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Decatur County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 funeral homes in Decatur County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Decatur County, TN spend on funerals?
About $763K a year, or $167 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $254K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,568 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Decatur County, TN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Decatur County has 6.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $254K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Decatur County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,523 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Decatur County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Decatur County at 11,820 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,568 households. The median household income in Decatur County is $45,375 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 8.0% 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. Decatur County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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