Funeral services · County · Virginia
Funeral homes in Buena Vista city, VA
How Buena Vista city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $402K
- On funerals · $157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $201K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,672
- +0.9% since 2020
See the funeral homes around any address in Buena Vista city
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 funeral homes in Buena Vista city. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on funerals in Buena Vista city comes to about $402K a year: $157 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $201K of household spending for each home on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Buena Vista city: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Buena Vista city from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Buena Vista city 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 | Buena Vista city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $201K | $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 | +0.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $157 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $57,833 | $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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Buena Vista city, 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 Buena Vista city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,672+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,554
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,024
- Median household income
- $57,833
- Average household income
- $63,830
- Median home value
- $156,200
- Jobs located here
- 2,524
- Daytime population
- 6,071Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Buena Vista city?
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 Buena Vista city 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 |
| Buena Vista city, VA | Not scored | 2 | 7.8 | $201K | +0.9% |
Other business types in Buena Vista city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Buena Vista city, VA?
Buena Vista city has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Buena Vista city: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Buena Vista city, VA spend on funerals?
About $402K a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $201K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,554 households in Buena Vista city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buena Vista city, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Buena Vista city has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Buena Vista city would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Buena Vista city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Buena Vista city at 6,672 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,554 households. Median household income in Buena Vista city is $57,833, 28% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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