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Funeral homes in Northampton County, VA
How Northampton County, 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,167 of 1,472 scored counties
#34 of 47 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.1M
- On funerals · $195 a household
- Spending per listing
- $212K
- 69% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 4.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,879
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Northampton County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,167 of 1,472 scored counties and #34 of 47 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on funerals in Northampton County comes to about $1.1M a year: $195 per household, 37% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 funeral homes, that is $212K per home, 69% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 5 funeral homes on map listings in Northampton County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.2 for every 10,000 households, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Northampton County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Northampton County. Population estimates put the population change in Northampton County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Northampton 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 | Northampton County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $212K | $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 | −2.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $195 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,632 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 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
- 51 chain location
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Northampton 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 Northampton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,879−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,437
- Median age
- 49.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 212 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $61,632+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,869
- Median home value
- $316,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,117
- Daytime population
- 10,746Residents 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 |
| 34Northampton County, VA | 33 | 5 | 9.2 | $212K | −2.8% | #1,167 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Northampton County
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 Northampton County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in Northampton County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Northampton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Northampton County, VA spend on funerals?
About $1.1M a year, or $195 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $212K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,437 households in Northampton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Northampton County, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Northampton County has 9.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $212K, 69% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Northampton County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Northampton County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Northampton County at 11,879 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,437 households. The median household income in Northampton County is $61,632 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. Northampton County scores 33 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,167 of 1,472 scored counties.
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