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Funeral homes in Fayette County, IL
The funeral homes in Fayette County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.4M
- On funerals · $185 a household
- Spending per listing
- $361K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,790
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Fayette County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Fayette County spend about $1.4M a year on funerals, or $185 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. Spread across 4 funeral homes, that is $361K per home, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Fayette County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 1,563 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fayette County declined 3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Fayette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Fayette 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 | Fayette County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $361K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,563 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $185 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $60,944 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $571K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,790−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,814
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $60,944+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,392
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,743
- Daytime population
- 18,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Fayette County marked.
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 |
| Fayette County, IL | Not scored | 4 | 5.1 | $361K | −3.2% |
Other business types in Fayette 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
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Fayette County, IL?
Fayette County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Fayette County, IL spend on funerals?
About $1.4M a year, or $185 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $361K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,814 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, IL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Fayette County has 5.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $361K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Fayette County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,563 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 20,790 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,814 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $60,944, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Fayette County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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