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Funeral homes in Alleghany County, VA
How Alleghany 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.2M
- On funerals · $184 a household
- Spending per listing
- $588K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,546
- −4.2% since 2020
See the funeral homes around any address in Alleghany County
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Alleghany County comes to about $1.2M a year: $184 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That is about $588K of household spending for each home on map listings.
There are 2 funeral homes on map listings in Alleghany County as of September 2026. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Alleghany County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Alleghany County declined 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Alleghany County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Alleghany 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.
| Measure | Alleghany County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $588K | $744K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,857 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $184 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $56,188 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
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
- 21 chain location
- 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 Alleghany 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 Alleghany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,546−4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,383
- Median age
- 47.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 447 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $56,188+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,436
- Median home value
- $125,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,716
- Daytime population
- 11,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Alleghany County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Alleghany County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chesterfield County, VA | 80 | 10 | 0.7 | $1.9M | +8.7% | #63 of 1,472 |
| 2Loudoun County, VA | 78 | 7 | 0.5 | $2.5M | +6.4% | #83 of 1,472 |
| 3Bedford County, VA | 76 | 7 | 2.1 | $793K | +4.4% | #123 of 1,472 |
| 4Fairfax County, VA | 75 | 25 | 0.6 | $2.3M | +1.7% | #124 of 1,472 |
| 5Henrico County, VA | 73 | 14 | 1.0 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #169 of 1,472 |
| 6Hanover County, VA | 71 | 8 | 1.9 | $838K | +5.6% | #222 of 1,472 |
| 7Prince William County, VA | 68 | 7 | 0.4 | $2.7M | +4.2% | #270 of 1,472 |
| 8Augusta County, VA | 68 | 8 | 2.6 | $691K | +1.8% | #293 of 1,472 |
| 9Rockingham County, VA | 68 | 8 | 2.4 | $660K | +6.6% | #294 of 1,472 |
| 10Roanoke County, VA | 64 | 9 | 2.3 | $764K | +0.2% | #380 of 1,472 |
| Alleghany County, VA | Not scored | 2 | 3.1 | $588K | −4.2% |
Other business types in Alleghany County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Alleghany County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 funeral homes in Alleghany County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Alleghany County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Alleghany County, VA spend on funerals?
About $1.2M a year, or $184 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $588K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,383 households in Alleghany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alleghany County, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Alleghany 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 Alleghany County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Alleghany County at 14,546 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,383 households. The median household income in Alleghany County is $56,188 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.9% 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. Alleghany County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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