Funeral services · County · Colorado
Funeral homes in La Plata County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in La Plata County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On funerals · $131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $798K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,898
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $131 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in La Plata County spend about $3.2M a year on funerals. Spread across 4 funeral homes, that is $798K per home, 18% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
La Plata County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in La Plata County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of La Plata County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 funeral homes on map listings, La Plata County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How La Plata County 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.
| Measure | La Plata County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $798K | $911K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $131 | $122 | $143 |
| Median household income | $86,056 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 La Plata 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 La Plata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,898+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,378
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $86,056+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,780
- Median home value
- $591,500
- Jobs located here
- 25,833
- Daytime population
- 57,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, CO | 80 | 10 | 0.7 | $1.7M | +10.9% | #65 of 1,472 |
| 2Montrose County, CO | 78 | 5 | 2.8 | $663K | +4.1% | #94 of 1,472 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 76 | 15 | 1.2 | $981K | +14.2% | #121 of 1,472 |
| 4Larimer County, CO | 75 | 16 | 1.0 | $1.2M | +4.8% | #133 of 1,472 |
| 5Arapahoe County, CO | 73 | 23 | 0.9 | $1.3M | +2.8% | #170 of 1,472 |
| 6Mesa County, CO | 73 | 13 | 2.0 | $775K | +4.4% | #188 of 1,472 |
| 7El Paso County, CO | 69 | 34 | 1.2 | $991K | +3.2% | #250 of 1,472 |
| 8Adams County, CO | 68 | 26 | 1.4 | $757K | +6.6% | #285 of 1,472 |
| 9Boulder County, CO | 64 | 16 | 1.2 | $1.1M | −0.7% | #370 of 1,472 |
| 10Jefferson County, CO | 63 | 39 | 1.6 | $833K | −0.5% | #396 of 1,472 |
| La Plata County, CO | Not scored | 4 | 1.6 | $798K | +2.2% |
Other business types in La Plata County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in La Plata County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in La Plata County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in La Plata County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in La Plata County, CO spend on funerals?
About $3.2M a year, or $131 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $798K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,378 households in La Plata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does La Plata County, CO compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
La Plata County has 1.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $798K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, La Plata County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is La Plata County, CO growing?
Population estimates put La Plata County at 56,898 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,378 households. The median household income in La Plata County is $86,056 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. La Plata County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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