Funeral services · County · Alaska
Funeral homes in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
The funeral homes in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.7M
- On funerals · $100 a household
- Spending per listing
- $913K
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
See the funeral homes around any address in Fairbanks North Star Borough
The site report maps the funeral homes on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Fairbanks North Star Borough. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
At $100 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $3.7M a year on funerals. That works out to $913K per home, 34% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Fairbanks North Star Borough in 2023. That is one for every 12,120 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Fairbanks North Star Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $913K | $1.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,120 | 15,030 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $100 | $112 | $143 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $450K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Fairbanks North Star Borough?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Fairbanks North Star Borough. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardFuneral homes across Alaska
Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Fairbanks North Star Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 69 | 6 | 1.5 | $763K | +10.4% | #260 of 1,472 |
| 2Anchorage Municipality, AK | 59 | 10 | 0.9 | $1.2M | −1.3% | #496 of 1,472 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | Not scored | 4 | 1.1 | $913K | −1.4% |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
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
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Fairbanks North Star Borough. 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on funerals?
About $3.7M a year, or $100 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $913K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 1.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $913K, 34% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,120 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Fairbanks North Star Borough. It maps the funeral homes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
Screening a site or an acquisition in Fairbanks North Star Borough?
A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.
The button opens the report at the center of Fairbanks North Star Borough. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.