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Funeral homes in Fentress County, TN
The funeral homes in Fentress County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #527 of 1,472 scored counties
#17 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.4M
- On funerals · $173 a household
- Spending per listing
- $270K
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,322
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 funeral homes in Fentress County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Fentress County spend about $1.4M a year on funerals, or $173 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 funeral homes, that is $270K per home, 60% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Fentress County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Fentress County grew 9.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Fentress County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #527 of 1,472 scored counties and #17 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Fentress 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 | Fentress County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $270K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $173 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $51,149 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 41 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Fentress 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 Fentress County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,322+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,831
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $51,149+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,981
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,781
- Daytime population
- 16,556Residents 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 |
| 17Fentress County, TN | 58 | 5 | 6.4 | $270K | +9.7% | #527 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Fentress County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Fentress County, TN?
There are 5 funeral homes on map listings in Fentress County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Fentress County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fentress County, TN spend on funerals?
About $1.4M a year, or $173 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $270K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,831 households in Fentress County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fentress County, TN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Fentress County has 6.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $270K, 60% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Fentress County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Fentress County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Fentress County at 20,322 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,831 households. Median household income in Fentress County is $51,149, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, 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. Fentress County scores 58 for funeral homes (upper middle), #527 of 1,472 scored counties.
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