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Funeral homes in Kern County, CA
How Kern County, CA 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #372 of 1,472 scored counties
#33 of 37 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 42
- 5 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- +13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $36.3M
- On funerals · $127 a household
- Spending per listing
- $864K
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 927,068
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $127 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Kern County spend about $36.3M a year on funerals. That works out to $864K per home, 27% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Kern County has 42 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kern County was 26 in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 10,959 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kern County.
Population estimates show Kern County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Kern County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #372 of 1,472 scored counties and #33 of 37 scored counties in California.
How Kern County 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 | Kern County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $864K | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 10,959 | 17,063 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.0% | +3.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $127 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $70,210 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 26+13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 180
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 425 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kern 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 Kern County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 927,068+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 284,931
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $70,210+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,147
- Median home value
- $338,300
- Jobs located here
- 302,967
- Daytime population
- 882,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 92 | 17 | 1.1 | $1.6M | +8.9% | #16 of 1,472 |
| 2Riverside County, CA | 87 | 97 | 1.3 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #34 of 1,472 |
| 3El Dorado County, CA | 85 | 8 | 1.1 | $1.7M | +0.6% | #38 of 1,472 |
| 4Marin County, CA | 81 | 7 | 0.7 | $2.8M | −2.9% | #54 of 1,472 |
| 5Madera County, CA | 81 | 6 | 1.3 | $1.2M | +7.4% | #59 of 1,472 |
| 6Sonoma County, CA | 79 | 21 | 1.1 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #75 of 1,472 |
| 7Contra Costa County, CA | 78 | 38 | 0.9 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #85 of 1,472 |
| 8Orange County, CA | 78 | 103 | 1.0 | $1.7M | −1.1% | #86 of 1,472 |
| 9Santa Barbara County, CA | 77 | 15 | 1.0 | $1.7M | −1.4% | #99 of 1,472 |
| 10San Luis Obispo County, CA | 77 | 12 | 1.1 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #100 of 1,472 |
| 33Kern County, CA | 64 | 42 | 1.5 | $864K | +2.3% | #372 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Kern County
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Kern County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 funeral homes in Kern County. 5 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Kern County, CA spend on funerals?
About $36.3M a year, or $127 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $864K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 284,931 households in Kern County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kern County, CA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Kern County has 1.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $864K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Kern County would have about 54, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,959 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Kern County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Kern County at 927,068 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 284,931 households. The median household income in Kern County is $70,210 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Kern County scores 64 for funeral homes (upper middle), #372 of 1,472 scored counties.
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