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Funeral homes in Walton County, FL
How Walton County, FL 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #223 of 1,472 scored counties
#35 of 48 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On funerals · $138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $788K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,288
- +22.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Walton County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Walton County comes to about $4.7M a year: $138 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $788K per home, 16% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Walton County in 2023. That is one for every 8,591 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Walton County from 2020 to 2025 at +22.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Walton County is 71 (upper middle), #223 of 1,472 scored counties and #35 of 48 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Walton County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Walton County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $788K | $1.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,591 | 13,570 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +22.9% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $138 | $173 | $143 |
| Median household income | $81,986 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 92 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $619K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Walton 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 Walton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,288+22.9% since 2020
- Households
- 34,362
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,038 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $81,986+41.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $130,042
- Median home value
- $425,100
- Jobs located here
- 34,667
- Daytime population
- 84,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 99 | 9 | 1.3 | $2.4M | +21.1% | #1 of 1,472 |
| 2Charlotte County, FL | 98 | 11 | 1.2 | $2.1M | +15.5% | #2 of 1,472 |
| 3Collier County, FL | 97 | 14 | 0.8 | $3M | +10.6% | #3 of 1,472 |
| 4Lee County, FL | 97 | 38 | 1.2 | $1.9M | +14.4% | #4 of 1,472 |
| 5St. Johns County, FL | 96 | 8 | 0.7 | $2.4M | +25.0% | #5 of 1,472 |
| 6Sarasota County, FL | 96 | 34 | 1.6 | $1.6M | +10.0% | #7 of 1,472 |
| 7Manatee County, FL | 95 | 21 | 1.2 | $1.8M | +16.6% | #8 of 1,472 |
| 8Indian River County, FL | 95 | 13 | 1.8 | $1.4M | +7.7% | #9 of 1,472 |
| 9Pasco County, FL | 95 | 35 | 1.5 | $1.2M | +19.1% | #10 of 1,472 |
| 10Flagler County, FL | 94 | 6 | 1.1 | $1.9M | +21.0% | #11 of 1,472 |
| 35Walton County, FL | 71 | 6 | 1.7 | $788K | +22.9% | #223 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Walton County
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 Walton County, FL?
Walton County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Walton County, FL spend on funerals?
About $4.7M a year, or $138 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $788K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,362 households in Walton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walton County, FL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Walton County has 1.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $788K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Walton County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,591 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Walton County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Walton County at 93,288 people in 2025, up 22.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,362 households. Median household income in Walton County is $81,986, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.1%, 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. Walton County scores 71 for funeral homes (upper middle), #223 of 1,472 scored counties.
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