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Funeral homes in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT
How the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #461 of 1,472 scored counties
#8 of 9 scored counties 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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What this means
Households in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region spend about $35.1M a year on funerals, or $152 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $594K per home, 12% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 59 funeral homes on map listings in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region classed as funeral homes and funeral services. 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 South Central Connecticut Planning Region.
Population estimates show the South Central Connecticut Planning Region grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the South Central Connecticut Planning Region has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #461 of 1,472 scored counties and #8 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut.
How the South Central Connecticut Planning Region 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.
| Measure | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $594K | $662K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,209 | 7,430 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 score | 61 | 60 |
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 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, 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 South Central Connecticut Planning Region
- 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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Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 75 | 8 | 1.7 | $1M | +2.2% | #143 of 1,472 |
| 2Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 75 | 44 | 1.9 | $848K | +3.5% | #148 of 1,472 |
| 3Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 73 | 6 | 1.5 | $1M | +3.0% | #181 of 1,472 |
| 4Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 73 | 14 | 1.9 | $908K | +2.3% | #184 of 1,472 |
| 5Capitol Planning Region, CT | 65 | 91 | 2.3 | $649K | +3.1% | #362 of 1,472 |
| 6Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 64 | 51 | 2.8 | $563K | +3.2% | #388 of 1,472 |
| 7Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 63 | 33 | 2.8 | $563K | +4.1% | #423 of 1,472 |
| 8South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 61 | 59 | 2.6 | $594K | +2.5% | #461 of 1,472 |
| 9Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 56 | 31 | 2.7 | $561K | +2.0% | #560 of 1,472 |
Other business types in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 funeral homes in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region. 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 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 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 South Central Connecticut Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The South Central Connecticut Planning Region 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 U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the South Central Connecticut Planning Region 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 South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the South Central Connecticut Planning Region at 578,741 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 230,673 households. The median household income in the South Central Connecticut Planning Region is $88,197 a year, 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 South Central Connecticut Planning Region scores 61 for funeral homes (upper middle), #461 of 1,472 scored counties.
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