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Funeral homes in Monroe County, AL
The funeral homes in Monroe County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,439 of 1,472 scored counties
#43 of 43 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2M
- On funerals · $158 a household
- Spending per listing
- $145K
- 79% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 5.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,965
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Monroe County scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,439 of 1,472 scored counties and #43 of 43 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on funerals in Monroe County comes to about $1.2M a year: $158 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 funeral homes, that is $145K per home, 79% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Monroe County has 8 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 10.9 per 10,000 households, 5.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Monroe County in 2023. That is one for every 1,841 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates show Monroe County declined 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Monroe 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 | Monroe County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $145K | $496K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,841 | 7,008 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $158 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $42,292 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $845K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Monroe 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 Monroe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,965−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,363
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,026 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $42,292+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,409
- Median home value
- $120,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,784
- Daytime population
- 17,349Residents 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 |
| 43Monroe County, AL | 16 | 8 | 10.9 | $145K | −3.8% | #1,439 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Monroe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Monroe County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in Monroe County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. 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 Monroe County, AL spend on funerals?
About $1.2M a year, or $158 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $145K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,363 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monroe County, AL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Monroe County has 10.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $145K, 79% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Monroe County would have about 2, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,841 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Monroe County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Monroe County at 18,965 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,363 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $42,292 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Monroe County scores 16 for funeral homes (low), #1,439 of 1,472 scored counties.
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