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Funeral homes in Elkhart County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Elkhart County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #499 of 1,472 scored counties
#7 of 57 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 15
- 3 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.6M
- On funerals · $147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $709K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,774
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Elkhart County spend about $10.6M a year on funerals, or $147 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $709K per home, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Elkhart County has 15 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 20%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Elkhart County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 7,231 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Elkhart County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Elkhart County is 59 (upper middle), #499 of 1,472 scored counties and #7 of 57 scored counties in Indiana.
How Elkhart 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 | Elkhart County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $709K | $473K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,231 | 5,706 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $147 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $68,561 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Elkhart 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 Elkhart County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,774+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 72,309
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 463 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 447
- Median household income
- $68,561+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,471
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 133,676
- Daytime population
- 244,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Elkhart County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Elkhart County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 funeral homes in Elkhart County. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Elkhart County, IN spend on funerals?
About $10.6M a year, or $147 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $709K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,309 households in Elkhart County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elkhart County, IN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Elkhart County has 2.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $709K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Elkhart County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,231 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Elkhart County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Elkhart County at 208,774 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,309 households. The median household income in Elkhart County is $68,561 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Elkhart County scores 59 for funeral homes (upper middle), #499 of 1,472 scored counties.
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