Funeral services · County · Illinois
Funeral homes in Macon County, IL
How Macon County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #985 of 1,472 scored counties
#26 of 67 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7M
- On funerals · $160 a household
- Spending per listing
- $332K
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $160 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Macon County spend about $7M a year on funerals. Spread across 21 funeral homes, that is $332K per home, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 21 funeral homes on map listings in Macon County as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 24%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Macon County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 6,210 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $248K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Macon County.
Population estimates show Macon County declined 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Macon County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #985 of 1,472 scored counties and #26 of 67 scored counties in Illinois.
How Macon 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 | Macon County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $332K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,210 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $160 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $248K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents 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 Macon 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 |
| 26Macon County, IL | 40 | 21 | 4.8 | $332K | −4.3% | #985 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Macon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Macon County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 funeral homes in Macon County. 5 of them (24%) 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 Macon County, IL spend on funerals?
About $7M a year, or $160 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $332K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,468 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, IL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Macon County has 4.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $332K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Macon County would have about 10, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,210 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Macon County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. The median household income in Macon County is $62,666 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Macon County scores 40 for funeral homes (lower middle), #985 of 1,472 scored counties.
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