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Funeral homes in Hamblen County, TN
How Hamblen County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #732 of 1,472 scored counties
#27 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On funerals · $138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $453K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,843
- +6.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in Hamblen County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Hamblen County comes to about $3.6M a year: $138 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 funeral homes, that is $453K per home, 33% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Hamblen County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 4,358 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hamblen County grew 6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Hamblen County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #732 of 1,472 scored counties and #27 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Hamblen 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 | Hamblen County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $453K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,358 | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $138 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $55,454 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Hamblen 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 Hamblen County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,843+6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 26,146
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 161 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 407
- Median household income
- $55,454+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,590
- Median home value
- $210,900
- Jobs located here
- 33,638
- Daytime population
- 72,283Residents 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 |
| 27Hamblen County, TN | 49 | 8 | 3.1 | $453K | +6.7% | #732 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Hamblen County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Hamblen County, TN?
There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in Hamblen County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Hamblen County, TN spend on funerals?
About $3.6M a year, or $138 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $453K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,146 households in Hamblen County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hamblen County, TN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Hamblen County has 3.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $453K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Hamblen County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,358 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Hamblen County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Hamblen County at 68,843 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,146 households. Median household income in Hamblen County is $55,454, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Hamblen County scores 49 for funeral homes (lower middle), #732 of 1,472 scored counties.
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