Funeral services · County · Virginia
Funeral homes in Smyth County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Smyth County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,074 of 1,472 scored counties
#31 of 47 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.1M
- On funerals · $168 a household
- Spending per listing
- $355K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,882
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Smyth County comes to about $2.1M a year: $168 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $355K per home, 48% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Smyth County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Smyth County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,165 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Smyth County declined 3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Smyth County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,074 of 1,472 scored counties and #31 of 47 scored counties in Virginia.
How Smyth 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 | Smyth County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $355K | $744K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,165 | 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 | $168 | $137 | $143 |
| Median household income | $49,883 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Smyth 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 Smyth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,882−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,659
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $49,883+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,477
- Median home value
- $139,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,597
- Daytime population
- 29,033Residents 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 |
| 31Smyth County, VA | 36 | 6 | 4.7 | $355K | −3.0% | #1,074 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Smyth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Smyth County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Smyth County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Smyth County, VA spend on funerals?
About $2.1M a year, or $168 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $355K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,659 households in Smyth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Smyth County, VA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Smyth County has 4.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $355K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Smyth County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,165 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Smyth County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Smyth County at 28,882 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,659 households. The median household income in Smyth County is $49,883 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Smyth County scores 36 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,074 of 1,472 scored counties.
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