Funeral services · County · Virginia
Funeral homes in Lynchburg city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Lynchburg city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #949 of 1,472 scored counties
#28 of 47 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On funerals · $139 a household
- Spending per listing
- $399K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,347
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 funeral homes in Lynchburg city. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Lynchburg city spend about $4M a year on funerals, or $139 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 funeral homes, that is $399K per home, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Lynchburg city in 2023. That is one for every 4,100 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lynchburg city grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Lynchburg city has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #949 of 1,472 scored counties and #28 of 47 scored counties in Virginia.
How Lynchburg 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 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $399K | $744K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,100 | 8,857 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $139 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $57,947 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 172
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,347+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 28,701
- Median age
- 33.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 49 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,625
- Median household income
- $57,947+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,031
- Median home value
- $229,800
- Jobs located here
- 48,991
- Daytime population
- 99,233Residents 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 |
| 28Lynchburg city, VA | 41 | 10 | 3.5 | $399K | +3.0% | #949 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg city, VA?
There are 10 funeral homes on map listings in Lynchburg city as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. 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 Lynchburg city, VA spend on funerals?
About $4M a year, or $139 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $399K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,701 households in Lynchburg city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lynchburg city, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Lynchburg city has 3.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $399K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Lynchburg city would have about 6, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,100 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Lynchburg city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Lynchburg city at 81,347 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,701 households. Median household income in Lynchburg city is $57,947, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Lynchburg city scores 41 for funeral homes (lower middle), #949 of 1,472 scored counties.
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