Funeral services · Small-town market · California
Funeral homes in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area
The funeral homes in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #171 of 365 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.6M
- On funerals · $138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $759K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,647
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the Eureka-Arcata area comes to about $7.6M a year: $138 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 funeral homes, that is $759K per home, 12% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 10 funeral homes on map listings in the Eureka-Arcata area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in the Eureka-Arcata area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Eureka-Arcata area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, the Eureka-Arcata area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #171 of 365 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Eureka-Arcata area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Eureka-Arcata area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $759K | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 17,063 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $138 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,160 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 73 |
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
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 the Eureka-Arcata area, 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 the Eureka-Arcata area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,647−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 54,922
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $61,160+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,194
- Median home value
- $446,900
- Jobs located here
- 48,178
- Daytime population
- 133,286Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukiah, CA | 80 | 5 | 1.4 | $1.2M | −3.5% | #27 of 365 |
| 2Eureka-Arcata, CA | 51 | 10 | 1.8 | $759K | −3.4% | #171 of 365 |
Other business types in the Eureka-Arcata area
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 funeral homes in the Eureka-Arcata area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in the Eureka-Arcata area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area spend on funerals?
About $7.6M a year, or $138 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $759K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,922 households in the Eureka-Arcata area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Eureka-Arcata, CA area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Eureka-Arcata area has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $759K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Eureka-Arcata area would have about 11, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is the Eureka-Arcata, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Eureka-Arcata area at 131,647 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,922 households. The median household income in the Eureka-Arcata area is $61,160 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Eureka-Arcata area scores 51 for funeral homes (upper middle), #171 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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