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Funeral homes in Sutter County, CA

How Sutter County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.3M
On funerals · $159 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
95% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
98,787
−0.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Sutter County. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 43% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Sutter County comes to about $5.3M a year: $159 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per home, 95% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Sutter County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 11,097 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sutter County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Sutter County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sutter 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.

Funeral homes in Sutter County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureSutter CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.21.12.1
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.4M$679K
Households per official establishment11,09717,0638,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.4%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$159$151$143
Median household income$79,704$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored73

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$691K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Sutter 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 Sutter County

Population, 2025 estimate
98,787−0.7% since 2020
Households
33,292
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
603 sq. mi.
People per square mile
164
Median household income
$79,704+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,245
Median home value
$433,500
Jobs located here
30,624
Daytime population
86,871Residents 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 counties in California for funeral homes, numbered among those based in California, with Sutter County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Placer County, CA92171.1$1.6M+8.9%#16 of 1,472
2Riverside County, CA87971.3$1.3M+5.0%#34 of 1,472
3El Dorado County, CA8581.1$1.7M+0.6%#38 of 1,472
4Marin County, CA8170.7$2.8M−2.9%#54 of 1,472
5Madera County, CA8161.3$1.2M+7.4%#59 of 1,472
6Sonoma County, CA79211.1$1.5M−0.4%#75 of 1,472
7Contra Costa County, CA78380.9$1.7M+0.3%#85 of 1,472
8Orange County, CA781031.0$1.7M−1.1%#86 of 1,472
9Santa Barbara County, CA77151.0$1.7M−1.4%#99 of 1,472
10San Luis Obispo County, CA77121.1$1.5M0.0%#100 of 1,472
Sutter County, CANot scored41.2$1.3M−0.7%

Other business types in Sutter County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Sutter County, CA?

Sutter County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Sutter County, CA spend on funerals?

About $5.3M a year, or $159 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,292 households in Sutter County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sutter County, CA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Sutter County has 1.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.3M, 95% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Sutter County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,097 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Sutter County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Sutter County at 98,787 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,292 households. Median household income in Sutter County is $79,704, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.0%, 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. Sutter County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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