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Funeral homes in Ada County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Ada County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #76 of 1,472 scored counties
#3 of 5 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.2M
- On funerals · $129 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 546,141
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Ada County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #76 of 1,472 scored counties and #3 of 5 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 funeral homes in Ada County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Ada County comes to about $26.2M a year: $129 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 funeral homes, that is $1.5M per home, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ada County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 25,318 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ada County. Population estimates put the population change in Ada County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ada County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $980K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 25,318 | 11,883 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $129 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $91,502 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ada 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 Ada County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 546,141+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 202,543
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,052 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 493
- Median household income
- $91,502+38.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,631
- Median home value
- $512,300
- Jobs located here
- 294,737
- Daytime population
- 566,160Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kootenai County, ID | 87 | 7 | 1.0 | $1.6M | +11.0% | #31 of 1,472 |
| 2Canyon County, ID | 80 | 8 | 0.9 | $1.4M | +18.1% | #67 of 1,472 |
| 3Ada County, ID | 79 | 18 | 0.9 | $1.5M | +9.6% | #76 of 1,472 |
| 4Twin Falls County, ID | 67 | 6 | 1.7 | $814K | +7.9% | #304 of 1,472 |
| 5Bannock County, ID | 53 | 8 | 2.4 | $531K | +4.9% | #631 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Ada 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 Ada County, ID?
Ada County has 18 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Ada County, ID spend on funerals?
About $26.2M a year, or $129 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 202,543 households in Ada County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ada County, ID compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Ada County has 0.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.5M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Ada County would have about 39, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,318 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Ada County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Ada County at 546,141 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 202,543 households. Median household income in Ada County is $91,502, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.0%, 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. Ada County scores 79 for funeral homes (high), #76 of 1,472 scored counties.
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