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Funeral homes in Hendricks County, IN
How Hendricks 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #261 of 1,472 scored counties
#2 of 57 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On funerals · $134 a household
- Spending per listing
- $750K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 193,510
- +10.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 funeral homes in Hendricks County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Hendricks County comes to about $9M a year: $134 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $750K per home, 11% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Hendricks County in 2023. That is one for every 9,587 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Hendricks County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hendricks County grew 10.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hendricks County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #261 of 1,472 scored counties and #2 of 57 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hendricks 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 | Hendricks County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $750K | $473K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,587 | 5,706 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $134 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $101,144 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Hendricks 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 Hendricks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 193,510+10.2% since 2020
- Households
- 67,110
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 451
- Median household income
- $101,144+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,514
- Median home value
- $307,600
- Jobs located here
- 85,878
- Daytime population
- 173,874Residents 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 Hendricks 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 Hendricks County, IN?
There are 12 funeral homes on map listings in Hendricks County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Hendricks County, IN spend on funerals?
About $9M a year, or $134 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $750K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,110 households in Hendricks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hendricks County, IN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Hendricks County has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $750K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Hendricks County would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,587 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Hendricks County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Hendricks County at 193,510 people in 2025, up 10.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,110 households. Median household income in Hendricks County is $101,144, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Hendricks County scores 69 for funeral homes (upper middle), #261 of 1,472 scored counties.
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