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Funeral homes in Williamson County, IL
How Williamson 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,254 of 1,472 scored counties
#50 of 67 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.1M
- On funerals · $140 a household
- Spending per listing
- $312K
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,225
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Williamson County is 28 (lower middle), #1,254 of 1,472 scored counties and #50 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on funerals in Williamson County comes to about $4.1M a year: $140 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $312K per home, 54% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 13 funeral homes on map listings in Williamson County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Williamson County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 3,220 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Williamson County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Williamson 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 | Williamson County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $312K | $514K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,220 | 6,779 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $140 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $65,604 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $929K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Williamson 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 Williamson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,225+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,983
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 420 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $65,604+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,846
- Median home value
- $156,400
- Jobs located here
- 28,604
- Daytime population
- 68,042Residents 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 |
| 50Williamson County, IL | 28 | 13 | 4.5 | $312K | +0.2% | #1,254 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Williamson 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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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Williamson County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 funeral homes in Williamson County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Williamson County, IL spend on funerals?
About $4.1M a year, or $140 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $312K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,983 households in Williamson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Williamson County, IL compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Williamson County has 4.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $312K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Williamson County would have about 6, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,220 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Williamson County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Williamson County at 67,225 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,983 households. The median household income in Williamson County is $65,604 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Williamson County scores 28 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,254 of 1,472 scored counties.
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