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Funeral homes in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area
The funeral homes in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #291 of 377 scored metro areas
#9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On funerals · $132 a household
- Spending per listing
- $662K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,616
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area is 33 (lower middle), #291 of 377 scored metro areas and #9 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 funeral homes in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.0 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $132 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area spend about $9.3M a year on funerals. That works out to $662K per home, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 5,857 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area 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 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $662K | $744K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,857 | 8,857 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $132 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $65,839 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- 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
- 14The 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 the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area, 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 the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,616−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,282
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,455 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $65,839
- Average household income
- $91,263
- Median home value
- $240,900
- Jobs located here
- 72,190
- Daytime population
- 185,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 71 | 237 | 1.0 | $1.3M | +3.3% | #68 of 377 |
| 1Richmond, VA | 67 | 81 | 1.5 | $872K | +5.5% | #83 of 377 |
| 2Winchester, VA-WV | 60 | 11 | 2.0 | $813K | +6.5% | #120 of 377 |
| 3Charlottesville, VA | 56 | 20 | 2.2 | $686K | +3.1% | #143 of 377 |
| 4Harrisonburg, VA | 53 | 10 | 2.0 | $713K | +3.5% | #158 of 377 |
| 5Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 50 | 123 | 1.7 | $742K | +0.9% | #175 of 377 |
| 6Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 49 | 14 | 2.7 | $618K | +3.2% | #185 of 377 |
| 7Lynchburg, VA | 44 | 29 | 2.8 | $563K | +2.9% | #218 of 377 |
| 8Roanoke, VA | 43 | 36 | 2.7 | $588K | +0.4% | #226 of 377 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 42 | 36 | 2.7 | $587K | +2.3% | #235 of 377 |
| 9Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 33 | 14 | 2.0 | $662K | −0.1% | #291 of 377 |
Other business types in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area
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 the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area?
There are 14 funeral homes on map listings in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area spend on funerals?
About $9.3M a year, or $132 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $662K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,282 households in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $662K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,857 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area at 181,616 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 70,282 households. Median household income in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area is $65,839, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area scores 33 for funeral homes (lower middle), #291 of 377 scored metro areas.
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