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Funeral homes in Union County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Union County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,338 of 1,472 scored counties
#55 of 67 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.3M
- On funerals · $187 a household
- Spending per listing
- $214K
- 68% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 4.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,656
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Union County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,338 of 1,472 scored counties and #55 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Union County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Union County comes to about $1.3M a year: $187 per household, 31% above the U.S. average. That is about $214K of household spending for each home on map listings, 68% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Union County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,145 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Union 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 | Union County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $214K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,145 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $187 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $55,728 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,656−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 6,868
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 413 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $55,728+10.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,826
- Median home value
- $131,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,222
- Daytime population
- 15,422Residents 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 Union 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 |
| 55Union County, IL | 24 | 6 | 8.7 | $214K | −3.7% | #1,338 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Union 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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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Union County, IL?
There are 6 funeral homes on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Union County, IL spend on funerals?
About $1.3M a year, or $187 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $214K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,868 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, IL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Union County has 8.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $214K, 68% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Union County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,145 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 16,656 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,868 households. Median household income in Union County is $55,728, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.1%, 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. Union County scores 24 for funeral homes (low), #1,338 of 1,472 scored counties.
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