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Funeral homes in Rutherford County, TN
The funeral homes in Rutherford County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #161 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.7M
- On funerals · $106 a household
- Spending per listing
- $976K
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 386,352
- +12.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Rutherford County comes to about $13.7M a year: $106 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $976K per home, 44% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Rutherford County has 14 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Rutherford County in 2023. That is one for every 21,572 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Rutherford County.
Population estimates put the population change in Rutherford County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Rutherford County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #161 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 50 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Rutherford 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 | Rutherford County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $976K | $554K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 21,572 | 6,448 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $106 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $85,470 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Rutherford 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 Rutherford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 386,352+12.6% since 2020
- Households
- 129,431
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 620 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 582
- Median household income
- $85,470+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,856
- Median home value
- $382,600
- Jobs located here
- 144,864
- Daytime population
- 329,273Residents 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 |
Other business types in Rutherford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Rutherford County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 funeral homes in Rutherford County. One of them (7%) 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 Rutherford County, TN spend on funerals?
About $13.7M a year, or $106 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $976K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,431 households in Rutherford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rutherford County, TN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Rutherford County has 1.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $976K, 44% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Rutherford County would have about 20, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,572 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Rutherford County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Rutherford County at 386,352 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 129,431 households. The median household income in Rutherford County is $85,470 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. Rutherford County scores 74 for funeral homes (upper middle), #161 of 1,472 scored counties.
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