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Funeral homes in Stanislaus County, CA
How Stanislaus 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #245 of 1,472 scored counties
#26 of 37 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 24
- 5 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.1M
- On funerals · $147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 60% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 557,719
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 funeral homes in Stanislaus County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 21%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $147 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Stanislaus County spend about $26.1M a year on funerals. That works out to $1.1M per home, 60% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Stanislaus County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 11,117 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Stanislaus County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Stanislaus County is 69 (upper middle), #245 of 1,472 scored counties and #26 of 37 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Stanislaus 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 | Stanislaus County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 11,117 | 17,063 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $147 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $81,468 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 128
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 245 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 557,719+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 177,874
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 370
- Median household income
- $81,468+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,867
- Median home value
- $450,100
- Jobs located here
- 196,740
- Daytime population
- 519,901Residents 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 |
| 26Stanislaus County, CA | 69 | 24 | 1.3 | $1.1M | +0.7% | #245 of 1,472 |
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Stanislaus County, CA?
There are 24 funeral homes on map listings in Stanislaus County as of September 2026. 5 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Stanislaus County, CA spend on funerals?
About $26.1M a year, or $147 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,874 households in Stanislaus County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stanislaus County, CA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Stanislaus County has 1.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.1M, 60% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Stanislaus County would have about 38, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,117 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Stanislaus County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Stanislaus County at 557,719 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,874 households. Median household income in Stanislaus County is $81,468, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Stanislaus County scores 69 for funeral homes (upper middle), #245 of 1,472 scored counties.
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