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Funeral homes in the Grand Junction, CO metro area

How the Grand Junction, CO 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 #77 of 377 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.1M
On funerals · $153 a household
Spending per listing
$775K
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
162,845
+4.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 funeral homes in the Grand Junction metro area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $153 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in the Grand Junction metro area spend about $10.1M a year on funerals. Spread across 13 funeral homes, that is $775K per home, 14% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Grand Junction metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in the Grand Junction metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Grand Junction metro area is 69 (upper middle), #77 of 377 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Grand Junction metro area compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Grand Junction, CO metro area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureGrand Junction metro areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.01.32.1
Spending per listing$775K$911K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a19,4618,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$153$122$143
Median household income$73,658$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score6967

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 the Grand Junction 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 Grand Junction metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
162,845+4.4% since 2020
Households
65,830
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,329 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,145
Median home value
$378,600
Jobs located here
65,394
Daytime population
156,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Colorado

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

Top metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in Colorado ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fort Collins-Loveland, CO74161.0$1.2M+4.8%#49 of 377
2Greeley, CO74151.2$981K+14.2%#53 of 377
3Grand Junction, CO69132.0$775K+4.4%#77 of 377
4Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO661481.2$931K+4.1%#89 of 377
5Colorado Springs, CO65351.2$1M+3.1%#92 of 377
6Boulder, CO62161.2$1.1M−0.7%#109 of 377
7Pueblo, CO55131.9$800K+0.6%#145 of 377

Other business types in the Grand Junction metro area

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Grand Junction, CO metro area?

There are 13 funeral homes on map listings in the Grand Junction metro area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in the Grand Junction metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Grand Junction, CO metro area spend on funerals?

About $10.1M a year, or $153 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $775K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,830 households in the Grand Junction metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Grand Junction, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Grand Junction metro area has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $775K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Grand Junction metro area would have about 15, against 13 on map listings.

How fast is the Grand Junction, CO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Grand Junction metro area at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in the Grand Junction metro area is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. The Grand Junction metro area scores 69 for funeral homes (upper middle), #77 of 377 scored metro areas.

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