Funeral services · County · Alabama
Funeral homes in Choctaw County, AL
How Choctaw 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,267 of 1,472 scored counties
#35 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $925K
- On funerals · $176 a household
- Spending per listing
- $185K
- 73% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 4.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,904
- −5.7% since 2020
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What this means
Choctaw County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,267 of 1,472 scored counties and #35 of 43 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in Choctaw County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 4.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Choctaw County spend about $925K a year on funerals, or $176 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That is about $185K of household spending for each home on map listings, 73% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Choctaw County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Choctaw County declined 5.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Choctaw 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 | Choctaw County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $185K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $176 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $47,813 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 37 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- 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 Choctaw 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 Choctaw County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,904−5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,255
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 914 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $47,813+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,991
- Median home value
- $123,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,148
- Daytime population
- 11,427Residents 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 |
| 35Choctaw County, AL | 28 | 5 | 9.5 | $185K | −5.7% | #1,267 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Choctaw County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Choctaw County, AL?
Choctaw County has 5 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Choctaw County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Choctaw County, AL spend on funerals?
About $925K a year, or $176 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $185K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,255 households in Choctaw County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Choctaw County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Choctaw County has 9.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $185K, 73% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Choctaw County would have about 1, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Choctaw County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Choctaw County at 11,904 people in 2025, down 5.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,255 households. Median household income in Choctaw County is $47,813, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, 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. Choctaw County scores 28 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,267 of 1,472 scored counties.
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