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Funeral homes in Gibson County, TN
The funeral homes in Gibson County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,379 of 1,472 scored counties
#48 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 15
- 6 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8M
- On funerals · $136 a household
- Spending per listing
- $185K
- 73% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 3.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,779
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Gibson County scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,379 of 1,472 scored counties and #48 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $136 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Gibson County spend about $2.8M a year on funerals. That is about $185K of household spending for each home on map listings, 73% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Gibson County has 15 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.4, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Gibson County in 2023. That is one for every 2,545 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gibson County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Gibson 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 | Gibson County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $185K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,545 | 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 | $136 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $62,755 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 156 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Gibson 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 Gibson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,779+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 20,360
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 603 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $62,755+45.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,915
- Median home value
- $156,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,756
- Daytime population
- 43,637Residents 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 |
| 48Gibson County, TN | 22 | 15 | 7.4 | $185K | +2.7% | #1,379 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Gibson 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 Gibson County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 funeral homes in Gibson County. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Gibson County, TN spend on funerals?
About $2.8M a year, or $136 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $185K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,360 households in Gibson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gibson County, TN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Gibson County has 7.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $185K, 73% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Gibson County would have about 4, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,545 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Gibson County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Gibson County at 51,779 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,360 households. The median household income in Gibson County is $62,755 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.4% 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. Gibson County scores 22 for funeral homes (low), #1,379 of 1,472 scored counties.
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