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Funeral homes in Hardy County, WV

How Hardy County, WV compares with other counties 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
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$957K
On funerals · $161 a household
Spending per listing
$319K
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,337
+0.7% 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

At $161 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Hardy County spend about $957K a year on funerals. Spread across 3 funeral homes, that is $319K per home, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Hardy County has 3 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.0, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Hardy County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Hardy County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 funeral homes on map listings, Hardy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hardy County compares

The same measures for West 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 Hardy County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHardy CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.04.22.1
Spending per listing$319K$368K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a3,7188,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$161$153$143
Median household income$49,272$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored18

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
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Hardy 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 Hardy County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,337+0.7% since 2020
Households
5,954
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
582 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$49,272+3.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,673
Median home value
$166,300
Jobs located here
5,666
Daytime population
13,105Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Hardy County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, WV6961.2$1M+13.7%#249 of 1,472
2Monongalia County, WV5071.6$637K+2.0%#692 of 1,472
3Wood County, WV4692.5$604K−2.1%#811 of 1,472
4Kanawha County, WV40273.5$440K−4.3%#973 of 1,472
5Wayne County, WV4063.8$410K−4.0%#976 of 1,472
6Jackson County, WV4054.3$387K−1.0%#978 of 1,472
7Mercer County, WV40114.5$377K−3.4%#980 of 1,472
8Putnam County, WV3873.0$476K−1.0%#1,028 of 1,472
9Hancock County, WV3775.5$312K−4.5%#1,059 of 1,472
10Raleigh County, WV36144.8$332K−3.5%#1,079 of 1,472
Hardy County, WVNot scored35.0$319K+0.7%

Other business types in Hardy County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Hardy County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 funeral homes in Hardy County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Hardy County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hardy County, WV spend on funerals?

About $957K 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 $319K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,954 households in Hardy County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hardy County, WV compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Hardy County has 5.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $319K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Hardy County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Hardy County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Hardy County at 14,337 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,954 households. The median household income in Hardy County is $49,272 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 3.9% 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. Hardy County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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