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Funeral homes in Grainger County, TN

How Grainger 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.5M
On funerals · $160 a household
Spending per listing
$772K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
25,739
+9.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in Grainger County comes to about $1.5M a year: $160 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $772K per home.

Grainger County has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Grainger County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Grainger County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Grainger County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grainger 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.

Funeral homes in Grainger County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureGrainger CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.12.42.1
Spending per listing$772K$554K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a6,4488,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.7%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$160$132$143
Median household income$50,538$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

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
20 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 Grainger 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 Grainger County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,739+9.2% since 2020
Households
9,660
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$50,538+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,414
Median home value
$189,200
Jobs located here
4,105
Daytime population
19,042Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Grainger County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Loudon County, TN8552.1$921K+15.6%#40 of 1,472
2Williamson County, TN79111.2$1.1M+9.0%#78 of 1,472
3Blount County, TN77101.8$896K+6.0%#111 of 1,472
4Fayette County, TN7552.9$578K+7.7%#155 of 1,472
5Rutherford County, TN74141.1$976K+12.6%#161 of 1,472
6Hamilton County, TN72251.6$867K+6.2%#200 of 1,472
7Wilson County, TN68111.9$709K+17.8%#291 of 1,472
8Montgomery County, TN68111.3$705K+13.0%#292 of 1,472
9Jefferson County, TN6762.8$593K+9.3%#316 of 1,472
10Sullivan County, TN65152.2$704K+3.5%#359 of 1,472
Grainger County, TNNot scored22.1$772K+9.2%

Other business types in Grainger County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Grainger County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 funeral homes in Grainger County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Grainger County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Grainger County, TN spend on funerals?

About $1.5M a year, or $160 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $772K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,660 households in Grainger County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grainger County, TN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Grainger County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.

How fast is Grainger County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Grainger County at 25,739 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,660 households. The median household income in Grainger County is $50,538 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.7% 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. Grainger County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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