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Funeral homes in Buchanan County, VA
The funeral homes in Buchanan County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.4M
- On funerals · $190 a household
- Spending per listing
- $358K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,492
- −8.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $190 per household (33% above the U.S. average), households in Buchanan County spend about $1.4M a year on funerals. That works out to $358K per home, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 4 funeral homes on map listings in Buchanan County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Buchanan County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,510 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Buchanan County declined 8.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Buchanan County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Buchanan 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 | Buchanan County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $358K | $744K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,510 | 8,857 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $190 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $42,886 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $783K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- 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 Buchanan 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 Buchanan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,492−8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,530
- Median age
- 48.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 503 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $42,886+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $56,349
- Median home value
- $94,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,997
- Daytime population
- 18,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Buchanan County, VA | Not scored | 4 | 5.3 | $358K | −8.7% |
Other business types in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Buchanan County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Buchanan County, VA spend on funerals?
About $1.4M a year, or $190 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $358K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,530 households in Buchanan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buchanan County, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Buchanan County has 5.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $358K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Buchanan County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,510 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Buchanan County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Buchanan County at 18,492 people in 2025, down 8.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,530 households. The median household income in Buchanan County is $42,886 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.2% 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. Buchanan 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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