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Funeral homes in Butler County, AL
How Butler County, AL 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,434 of 1,472 scored counties
#42 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2M
- On funerals · $157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $149K
- 78% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,100
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #1,434 of 1,472 scored counties and #42 of 43 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Butler County spend about $1.2M a year on funerals, or $157 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $149K per home, 78% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Butler County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,532 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Alabama 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 | Butler County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $149K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,532 | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $157 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $44,755 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $584K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,100−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,597
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $44,755+10.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,109
- Median home value
- $99,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,659
- Daytime population
- 17,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baldwin County, AL | 88 | 13 | 1.3 | $1.2M | +14.8% | #28 of 1,472 |
| 2Shelby County, AL | 78 | 8 | 0.9 | $1.5M | +6.5% | #87 of 1,472 |
| 3Madison County, AL | 77 | 14 | 0.8 | $1.5M | +11.0% | #101 of 1,472 |
| 4Lee County, AL | 75 | 6 | 0.9 | $1.3M | +8.6% | #129 of 1,472 |
| 5St. Clair County, AL | 69 | 8 | 2.3 | $625K | +7.1% | #268 of 1,472 |
| 6Tuscaloosa County, AL | 65 | 12 | 1.3 | $872K | +3.8% | #352 of 1,472 |
| 7Cullman County, AL | 63 | 7 | 2.0 | $740K | +6.7% | #401 of 1,472 |
| 8Limestone County, AL | 63 | 8 | 2.0 | $676K | +18.0% | #409 of 1,472 |
| 9Morgan County, AL | 63 | 11 | 2.2 | $641K | +2.6% | #414 of 1,472 |
| 10Marshall County, AL | 63 | 11 | 3.0 | $474K | +6.0% | #425 of 1,472 |
| 42Butler County, AL | 17 | 8 | 10.5 | $149K | −4.8% | #1,434 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Butler 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 Butler County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 funeral homes in Butler County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. 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 Butler County, AL spend on funerals?
About $1.2M a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $149K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,597 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Butler County has 10.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $149K, 78% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Butler County would have about 2, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,532 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 18,100 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,597 households. The median household income in Butler County is $44,755 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.0% 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. Butler County scores 17 for funeral homes (low), #1,434 of 1,472 scored counties.
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