Funeral services · Metro area · Idaho
Funeral homes in the Pocatello, ID metro area
How the Pocatello, ID 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #275 of 377 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On funerals · $126 a household
- Spending per listing
- $531K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,591
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Pocatello metro area spend about $4.2M a year on funerals, or $126 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $531K per home, 22% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in the Pocatello metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Pocatello metro area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 6,718 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Pocatello metro area grew 4.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Pocatello metro area is 36 (lower middle), #275 of 377 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.
How the Pocatello metro area 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 | Pocatello metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $531K | $980K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,718 | 11,883 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $126 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,499 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 the Pocatello 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 Pocatello metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,591+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,590
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,113 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $66,499
- Average household income
- $87,434
- Median home value
- $300,700
- Jobs located here
- 35,810
- Daytime population
- 86,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pocatello metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Coeur d’Alene, ID | 88 | 7 | 1.0 | $1.6M | +11.0% | #9 of 377 |
| 2Boise City, ID | 81 | 28 | 0.9 | $1.4M | +12.2% | #25 of 377 |
| 3Idaho Falls, ID | 74 | 6 | 1.1 | $1.2M | +9.8% | #50 of 377 |
| 4Lewiston, ID-WA | 62 | 5 | 1.9 | $940K | +1.5% | #110 of 377 |
| 5Twin Falls, ID | 54 | 8 | 1.9 | $750K | +8.1% | #151 of 377 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 44 | 10 | 2.0 | $569K | +8.8% | #217 of 377 |
| 6Pocatello, ID | 36 | 8 | 2.4 | $531K | +4.9% | #275 of 377 |
Other business types in the Pocatello metro area
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 Pocatello, ID metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 funeral homes in the Pocatello metro area. 2 of them (25%) 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 the Pocatello, ID metro area spend on funerals?
About $4.2M a year, or $126 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $531K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,590 households in the Pocatello metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pocatello, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Pocatello metro area has 2.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $531K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Pocatello metro area would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,718 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pocatello, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pocatello metro area at 91,591 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,590 households. The median household income in the Pocatello metro area is $66,499 a year, 18% below 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 Pocatello metro area scores 36 for funeral homes (lower middle), #275 of 377 scored metro areas.
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