Funeral services · County · Idaho
Funeral homes in Kootenai County, ID
The funeral homes in Kootenai County, ID, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #31 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 5 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On funerals · $152 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 191,864
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
Kootenai County scores 87 (high) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #31 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 5 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Households in Kootenai County spend about $10.9M a year on funerals, or $152 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per home, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
Kootenai County has 7 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 52% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kootenai County in 2023. That is one for every 14,234 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Kootenai County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kootenai 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 | Kootenai County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $980K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 14,234 | 11,883 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $152 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $81,861 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Kootenai 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 Kootenai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 191,864+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,172
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $81,861+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,508
- Median home value
- $518,700
- Jobs located here
- 71,721
- Daytime population
- 176,785Residents 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 Kootenai County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Kootenai County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 funeral homes in Kootenai County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Kootenai County, ID spend on funerals?
About $10.9M a year, or $152 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,172 households in Kootenai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kootenai County, ID compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Kootenai County has 1.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.6M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Kootenai County would have about 16, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,234 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Kootenai County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Kootenai County at 191,864 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,172 households. The median household income in Kootenai County is $81,861 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.0% 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. Kootenai County scores 87 for funeral homes (high), #31 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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