Funeral services · Small-town market · Indiana
Funeral homes in the Greencastle, IN area
The funeral homes in the Greencastle, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #163 of 365 scored small-town markets
#6 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.1M
- On funerals · $146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $412K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,876
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the Greencastle area comes to about $2.1M a year: $146 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 funeral homes, that is $412K per home, 39% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The Greencastle area has 5 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Greencastle area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,536 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greencastle area grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Greencastle area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #163 of 365 scored small-town markets and #6 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Greencastle area 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 | Greencastle area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $412K | $473K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,536 | 5,706 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $146 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $78,378 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $859K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 the Greencastle area, 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 the Greencastle area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,876+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,142
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 481 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $78,378
- Average household income
- $90,595
- Median home value
- $218,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,980
- Daytime population
- 33,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warsaw, IN | 64 | 10 | 3.1 | $454K | +0.9% | #96 of 365 |
| 2Decatur, IN | 61 | 6 | 4.8 | $362K | +2.2% | #114 of 365 |
| 3Bedford, IN | 60 | 6 | 3.1 | $491K | +1.2% | #117 of 365 |
| 4Plymouth, IN | 60 | 6 | 3.4 | $479K | +1.2% | #118 of 365 |
| 5Kendallville, IN | 57 | 6 | 3.3 | $415K | +1.0% | #136 of 365 |
| 6Greencastle, IN | 52 | 5 | 3.5 | $412K | +3.2% | #163 of 365 |
| 7Richmond, IN | 46 | 12 | 4.4 | $356K | −0.5% | #198 of 365 |
| 8New Castle, IN | 46 | 9 | 4.8 | $327K | +0.5% | #201 of 365 |
| 9Frankfort, IN | 41 | 5 | 4.0 | $356K | +0.4% | #236 of 365 |
| 10Monticello, IN | 41 | 6 | 5.9 | $276K | +2.0% | #238 of 365 |
Other business types in the Greencastle area
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 the Greencastle, IN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 funeral homes in the Greencastle area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. 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 the Greencastle, IN area spend on funerals?
About $2.1M a year, or $146 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $412K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,142 households in the Greencastle area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greencastle, IN area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Greencastle area has 3.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $412K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Greencastle area would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,536 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Greencastle, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Greencastle area at 37,876 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,142 households. The median household income in the Greencastle area is $78,378 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Greencastle area scores 52 for funeral homes (upper middle), #163 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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