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Funeral homes in the Redding, CA metro area

How the Redding, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #76 of 377 scored metro areas
#15 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.9M
On funerals · $167 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
75% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
181,648
−0.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in the Redding metro area comes to about $11.9M a year: $167 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each home on map listings, 75% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

There are 10 funeral homes on map listings in the Redding metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 20%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Redding metro area in 2023. That is one for every 10,176 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Redding metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Redding metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Redding metro area is 69 (upper middle), #76 of 377 scored metro areas and #15 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Redding metro 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.

Funeral homes in Redding, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureRedding metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.41.12.1
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.4M$679K
Households per official establishment10,17617,0638,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.4%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$167$151$143
Median household income$72,636$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score6973

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
55
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Redding metro 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 Redding metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
181,648−0.3% since 2020
Households
71,232
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,776 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$72,636+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,245
Median home value
$366,400
Jobs located here
65,820
Daytime population
181,391Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for funeral homes, numbered among those based in California, with the Redding metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA801731.2$1.3M+3.5%#30 of 377
2Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA781011.1$1.3M+3.2%#33 of 377
3Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA77211.1$1.5M−0.4%#37 of 377
4San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA76530.8$1.9M−0.6%#43 of 377
5Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA75151.0$1.7M−1.4%#45 of 377
6Stockton-Lodi, CA74381.5$947K+5.5%#54 of 377
7Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA733990.9$1.7M−2.6%#55 of 377
8San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA731681.0$1.6M−2.4%#56 of 377
9San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA72121.1$1.5M0.0%#61 of 377
10Salinas, CA71161.2$1.4M−1.5%#66 of 377
15Redding, CA69101.4$1.2M−0.3%#76 of 377

Other business types in the Redding metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Redding, CA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 funeral homes in the Redding metro area. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in the Redding, CA metro area spend on funerals?

About $11.9M a year, or $167 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,232 households in the Redding metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Redding, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Redding metro area has 1.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.2M, 75% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Redding metro area would have about 18, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,176 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the Redding, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Redding metro area at 181,648 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 71,232 households. The median household income in the Redding metro area is $72,636 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. The Redding metro area scores 69 for funeral homes (upper middle), #76 of 377 scored metro areas.

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