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Funeral homes in DeKalb County, IL
The funeral homes in DeKalb County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,288 of 1,472 scored counties
#52 of 67 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On funerals · $118 a household
- Spending per listing
- $291K
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 90% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,835
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, DeKalb County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,288 of 1,472 scored counties and #52 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 funeral homes in DeKalb County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in DeKalb County comes to about $4.7M a year: $118 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $291K of household spending for each home on map listings, 57% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in DeKalb County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in DeKalb County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How DeKalb County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | DeKalb County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $291K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $118 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $70,724 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,835+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 39,550
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 631 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $70,724+11.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,834
- Median home value
- $243,600
- Jobs located here
- 34,194
- Daytime population
- 89,501Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kane County, IL | 70 | 26 | 1.4 | $1M | +1.8% | #230 of 1,472 |
| 2DuPage County, IL | 67 | 55 | 1.6 | $945K | +0.3% | #300 of 1,472 |
| 3Kendall County, IL | 64 | 8 | 1.8 | $647K | +9.9% | #384 of 1,472 |
| 4Lake County, IL | 63 | 47 | 1.8 | $790K | +0.8% | #398 of 1,472 |
| 5Will County, IL | 58 | 52 | 2.1 | $647K | +2.2% | #517 of 1,472 |
| 6Winnebago County, IL | 57 | 28 | 2.4 | $616K | −0.4% | #537 of 1,472 |
| 7McHenry County, IL | 57 | 27 | 2.3 | $609K | +2.5% | #539 of 1,472 |
| 8McLean County, IL | 55 | 12 | 1.7 | $681K | +0.1% | #576 of 1,472 |
| 9Tazewell County, IL | 53 | 17 | 3.1 | $497K | −0.9% | #636 of 1,472 |
| 10Knox County, IL | 52 | 6 | 2.9 | $559K | −4.1% | #652 of 1,472 |
| 52DeKalb County, IL | 26 | 16 | 4.0 | $291K | +1.5% | #1,288 of 1,472 |
Other business types in DeKalb County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in DeKalb County, IL?
DeKalb County has 16 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in DeKalb County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in DeKalb County, IL spend on funerals?
About $4.7M a year, or $118 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $291K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,550 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, IL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
DeKalb County has 4.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $291K, 57% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 7, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is DeKalb County, IL growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 101,835 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,550 households. Median household income in DeKalb County is $70,724, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.7%, 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. DeKalb County scores 26 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,288 of 1,472 scored counties.
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