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Funeral homes in Cass County, IN

How Cass County, IN 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,127 of 1,472 scored counties
#42 of 57 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.4M
On funerals · $161 a household
Spending per listing
$302K
56% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
2.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,836
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Cass County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,127 of 1,472 scored counties and #42 of 57 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Cass County spend about $2.4M a year on funerals, or $161 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $302K of household spending for each home on map listings, 56% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Cass County has 8 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cass County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,007 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.2M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cass County. Population estimates show Cass County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cass County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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.

Funeral homes in Cass County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.32.92.1
Spending per listing$302K$473K$679K
Households per official establishment3,0075,7068,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.6%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$161$135$143
Median household income$56,403$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score3426

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$4.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,836+0.1% since 2020
Households
15,037
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
412 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$56,403+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,540
Median home value
$133,800
Jobs located here
15,218
Daytime population
35,454Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Cass County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hamilton County, IN75151.1$1.1M+10.9%#137 of 1,472
2Hendricks County, IN69121.8$750K+10.2%#261 of 1,472
3Monroe County, IN6561.0$1.1M+1.9%#349 of 1,472
4Johnson County, IN62152.4$579K+7.4%#445 of 1,472
5Warrick County, IN6072.8$541K+4.4%#488 of 1,472
6Boone County, IN6082.8$476K+13.5%#493 of 1,472
7Elkhart County, IN59152.1$709K+0.9%#499 of 1,472
8Tippecanoe County, IN59121.6$671K+2.2%#502 of 1,472
9Porter County, IN57142.0$696K+1.6%#533 of 1,472
10Hancock County, IN5792.7$499K+13.5%#543 of 1,472
42Cass County, IN3485.3$302K+0.1%#1,127 of 1,472

Other business types in Cass County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Cass County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in Cass County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Cass County, IN spend on funerals?

About $2.4M a year, or $161 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $302K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,037 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, IN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Cass County has 5.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $302K, 56% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cass County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,007 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 37,836 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,037 households. The median household income in Cass County is $56,403 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.1% 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. Cass County scores 34 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,127 of 1,472 scored counties.

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