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Funeral services · Small-town market · Virginia

Funeral homes in the Lake of the Woods, VA area

How the Lake of the Woods, VA area compares with other small-town markets 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 3.

Listings
3
2 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.4M
On funerals · $161 a household
Spending per listing
$798K
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,083
+10.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Lake of the Woods area spend about $2.4M a year on funerals, or $161 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 funeral homes, that is $798K per home, 18% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

The Lake of the Woods area has 3 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Lake of the Woods area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,952 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Lake of the Woods area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 funeral homes on map listings, the Lake of the Woods area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Lake of the Woods 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.

Funeral homes in Lake of the Woods, VA area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLake of the Woods areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.01.82.1
Spending per listing$798K$744K$679K
Households per official establishment4,9528,8578,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.8%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$161$137$143
Median household income$94,008$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$807K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
32 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 the Lake of the Woods 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 Lake of the Woods area

Population, 2025 estimate
40,083+10.1% since 2020
Households
14,856
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
341 sq. mi.
People per square mile
111
Median household income
$94,008
Average household income
$115,533
Median home value
$364,200
Jobs located here
9,522
Daytime population
31,111Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Virginia

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Virginia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lake of the Woods area marked.

Top small-town markets in Virginia

Small-town markets in Virginia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Martinsville, VA5693.4$518K−1.9%#139 of 365
2Danville, VA45184.1$385K−1.7%#204 of 365
Bluefield, WV-VA32225.4$307K−3.8%#299 of 365
Lake of the Woods, VANot scored32.0$798K+10.1%

Other business types in the Lake of the Woods area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Lake of the Woods, VA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 funeral homes in the Lake of the Woods area. 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 the Lake of the Woods, VA area spend on funerals?

About $2.4M a year, or $161 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $798K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,856 households in the Lake of the Woods area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lake of the Woods, VA area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Lake of the Woods area has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $798K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Lake of the Woods area would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,952 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lake of the Woods, VA area growing?

Population estimates put the Lake of the Woods area at 40,083 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,856 households. The median household income in the Lake of the Woods area is $94,008 a year, 16% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Lake of the Woods area has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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