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Funeral homes in Clay County, IN
The funeral homes in Clay County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On funerals · $152 a household
- Spending per listing
- $400K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,410
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Clay County. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Clay County spend about $1.6M a year on funerals, or $152 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $400K per home, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Clay County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 2,637 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clay County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Clay County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Clay 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.
| Measure | Clay County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $400K | $473K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,637 | 5,706 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $152 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $70,010 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $669K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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 Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,410−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,549
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 358 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $70,010+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,024
- Median home value
- $153,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,738
- Daytime population
- 24,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Clay County?
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 75 | 15 | 1.1 | $1.1M | +10.9% | #137 of 1,472 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 69 | 12 | 1.8 | $750K | +10.2% | #261 of 1,472 |
| 3Monroe County, IN | 65 | 6 | 1.0 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #349 of 1,472 |
| 4Johnson County, IN | 62 | 15 | 2.4 | $579K | +7.4% | #445 of 1,472 |
| 5Warrick County, IN | 60 | 7 | 2.8 | $541K | +4.4% | #488 of 1,472 |
| 6Boone County, IN | 60 | 8 | 2.8 | $476K | +13.5% | #493 of 1,472 |
| 7Elkhart County, IN | 59 | 15 | 2.1 | $709K | +0.9% | #499 of 1,472 |
| 8Tippecanoe County, IN | 59 | 12 | 1.6 | $671K | +2.2% | #502 of 1,472 |
| 9Porter County, IN | 57 | 14 | 2.0 | $696K | +1.6% | #533 of 1,472 |
| 10Hancock County, IN | 57 | 9 | 2.7 | $499K | +13.5% | #543 of 1,472 |
| Clay County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 3.8 | $400K | −0.1% |
Other business types in Clay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Clay County, IN?
Clay County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Clay County, IN spend on funerals?
About $1.6M a year, or $152 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $400K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,549 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, IN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Clay County has 3.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $400K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Clay County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,637 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,549 households. Median household income in Clay County is $70,010, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Clay County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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