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Funeral homes in Shasta County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Shasta County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #159 of 1,472 scored counties
#17 of 37 scored counties 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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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Shasta County 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 Shasta County as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Shasta County was 7 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 Shasta County.
Population estimates put the population change in Shasta County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shasta County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #159 of 1,472 scored counties and #17 of 37 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Shasta 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 | Shasta County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 10,176 | 17,063 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 score | 74 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 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 Shasta 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 Shasta County
- 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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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 |
| 17Shasta County, CA | 74 | 10 | 1.4 | $1.2M | −0.3% | #159 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Shasta County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Shasta County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 funeral homes in Shasta County. 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 Shasta County, CA 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 Shasta County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shasta County, CA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Shasta County 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, Shasta County 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 Shasta County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Shasta County 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 Shasta County 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. Shasta County scores 74 for funeral homes (upper middle), #159 of 1,472 scored counties.
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