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Funeral homes in Albemarle County, VA

How Albemarle County, VA 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 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.7M
On funerals · $167 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
2.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,356
+5.1% 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

At $167 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Albemarle County spend about $7.7M a year on funerals. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each home on map listings, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $679K.

Albemarle County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

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

Population estimates show Albemarle County grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Albemarle County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Albemarle County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Albemarle County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureAlbemarle CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.91.82.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$744K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a8,8578,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.8%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$167$137$143
Median household income$104,392$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

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
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Albemarle 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 Albemarle County

Population, 2025 estimate
118,356+5.1% since 2020
Households
45,912
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
721 sq. mi.
People per square mile
160
Median household income
$104,392+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$146,846
Median home value
$495,400
Jobs located here
57,660
Daytime population
124,085Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chesterfield County, VA80100.7$1.9M+8.7%#63 of 1,472
2Loudoun County, VA7870.5$2.5M+6.4%#83 of 1,472
3Bedford County, VA7672.1$793K+4.4%#123 of 1,472
4Fairfax County, VA75250.6$2.3M+1.7%#124 of 1,472
5Henrico County, VA73141.0$1.3M+2.3%#169 of 1,472
6Hanover County, VA7181.9$838K+5.6%#222 of 1,472
7Prince William County, VA6870.4$2.7M+4.2%#270 of 1,472
8Augusta County, VA6882.6$691K+1.8%#293 of 1,472
9Rockingham County, VA6882.4$660K+6.6%#294 of 1,472
10Roanoke County, VA6492.3$764K+0.2%#380 of 1,472
Albemarle County, VANot scored40.9$1.9M+5.1%

Other business types in Albemarle County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Albemarle County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Albemarle County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Albemarle County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Albemarle County, VA spend on funerals?

About $7.7M a year, or $167 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,912 households in Albemarle County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Albemarle County, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Albemarle County has 0.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.9M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Albemarle County would have about 11, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Albemarle County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Albemarle County at 118,356 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,912 households. The median household income in Albemarle County is $104,392 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Albemarle County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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