Funeral services · Metro area · Illinois
Funeral homes in the Kankakee, IL metro area
How the Kankakee, IL 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 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #372 of 377 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 20
- 7 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On funerals · $144 a household
- Spending per listing
- $294K
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,525
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Kankakee metro area scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #372 of 377 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 funeral homes in the Kankakee metro area. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $144 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Kankakee metro area spend about $5.9M a year on funerals. Spread across 20 funeral homes, that is $294K per home, 57% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Kankakee metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 5,857 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kankakee metro area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Kankakee metro area 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 | Kankakee metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $294K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,857 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $144 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $71,281 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 207 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Kankakee 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 Kankakee metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,525−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 40,996
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,281+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,302
- Median home value
- $192,600
- Jobs located here
- 41,664
- Daytime population
- 98,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kankakee metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 44 | 232 | 2.0 | $692K | −0.2% | #210 of 377 |
| 1Bloomington, IL | 44 | 12 | 1.7 | $681K | +0.1% | #211 of 377 |
| 2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 43 | 745 | 2.0 | $663K | 0.0% | #222 of 377 |
| 3Rockford, IL | 42 | 35 | 2.6 | $575K | −0.3% | #236 of 377 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 34 | 10 | 2.6 | $571K | +1.7% | #283 of 377 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 34 | 41 | 2.5 | $568K | −0.9% | #284 of 377 |
| 4Springfield, IL | 33 | 23 | 2.6 | $552K | −1.2% | #293 of 377 |
| 5Peoria, IL | 30 | 52 | 3.4 | $435K | −1.3% | #314 of 377 |
| 6Decatur, IL | 25 | 21 | 4.8 | $332K | −4.3% | #338 of 377 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 20 | 23 | 5.5 | $285K | −1.2% | #359 of 377 |
| 7Kankakee, IL | 18 | 20 | 4.9 | $294K | −1.7% | #372 of 377 |
Other business types in the Kankakee 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 Kankakee, IL metro area?
The Kankakee metro area has 20 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Kankakee, IL metro area spend on funerals?
About $5.9M a year, or $144 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $294K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,996 households in the Kankakee metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kankakee, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Kankakee metro area has 4.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $294K, 57% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Kankakee metro area would have about 9, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,857 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kankakee, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kankakee metro area at 105,525 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,996 households. Median household income in the Kankakee metro area is $71,281, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.0%, 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. The Kankakee metro area scores 18 for funeral homes (low), #372 of 377 scored metro areas.
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