Funeral services · County · Virginia
Funeral homes in Danville city, VA
How Danville city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,404 of 1,472 scored counties
#45 of 47 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8M
- On funerals · $146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $232K
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,647
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Danville city is 19 (low), #1,404 of 1,472 scored counties and #45 of 47 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 funeral homes in Danville city. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Danville city comes to about $2.8M a year: $146 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $232K of household spending for each home on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Danville city was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,724 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Danville city declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Danville 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 | Danville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $232K | $744K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,724 | 8,857 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $146 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $44,423 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Danville 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 Danville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,647−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,066
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 43 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 986
- Median household income
- $44,423+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,871
- Median home value
- $119,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,865
- Daytime population
- 50,398Residents 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 |
| 45Danville city, VA | 19 | 12 | 6.3 | $232K | −2.2% | #1,404 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Danville city
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 Danville city, VA?
There are 12 funeral homes on map listings in Danville city as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Danville city, VA spend on funerals?
About $2.8M a year, or $146 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $232K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,066 households in Danville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Danville city, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Danville city has 6.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $232K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Danville city would have about 4, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,724 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Danville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Danville city at 41,647 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,066 households. Median household income in Danville city is $44,423, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Danville city scores 19 for funeral homes (low), #1,404 of 1,472 scored counties.
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