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Funeral homes in the New Haven, CT metro area

How the New Haven, CT 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #192 of 377 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut

Listings
59
1 chain location (2%)
Official establishments
32
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.1M
On funerals · $152 a household
Spending per listing
$594K
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
578,741
+2.5% 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 59 funeral homes in the New Haven metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $152 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in the New Haven metro area spend about $35.1M a year on funerals. Spread across 59 funeral homes, that is $594K per home, 12% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the New Haven metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,209 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the New Haven metro area.

Population estimates show the New Haven metro area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the New Haven metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #192 of 377 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut.

How the New Haven metro area compares

The same measures for Connecticut 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 New Haven, CT metro area compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureNew Haven metro areaConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.62.42.1
Spending per listing$594K$662K$679K
Households per official establishment7,2097,4308,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.1%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$152$156$143
Median household income$88,197$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score4860

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
32
Employees, 2023
173
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
591 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the New Haven 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 New Haven metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
578,741+2.5% since 2020
Households
230,673
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
367 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,554
Median household income
$88,197
Average household income
$121,518
Median home value
$353,100
Jobs located here
298,580
Daytime population
597,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Connecticut for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the New Haven metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Connecticut

Metro areas in Connecticut ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT62772.2$726K+3.7%#113 of 377
2Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT571052.3$683K+3.0%#137 of 377
3Waterbury-Shelton, CT49512.8$563K+3.2%#186 of 377
4New Haven, CT48592.6$594K+2.5%#192 of 377
5Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT40312.7$561K+2.0%#246 of 377

Other business types in the New Haven metro area

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the New Haven, CT metro area?

The New Haven metro area has 59 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in the New Haven, CT metro area spend on funerals?

About $35.1M a year, or $152 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $594K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 230,673 households in the New Haven metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the New Haven, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The New Haven metro area has 2.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $594K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the New Haven metro area would have about 52, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,209 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the New Haven, CT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the New Haven metro area at 578,741 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 230,673 households. Median household income in the New Haven metro area is $88,197, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 New Haven metro area scores 48 for funeral homes (lower middle), #192 of 377 scored metro areas.

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