Funeral services · Metro area · Indiana
Funeral homes in the Kokomo, IN metro area
The funeral homes in the Kokomo, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #258 of 377 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On funerals · $150 a household
- Spending per listing
- $669K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 funeral homes in the Kokomo metro area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.2, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Kokomo metro area comes to about $5.3M a year: $150 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 funeral homes, that is $669K per home, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Kokomo metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,559 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kokomo metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kokomo metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #258 of 377 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Kokomo metro 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 | Kokomo metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $669K | $473K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,559 | 5,706 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $150 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Kokomo metro 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 Kokomo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kokomo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bloomington, IN | 54 | 10 | 1.5 | $798K | +2.0% | #150 of 377 |
| 2Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 49 | 15 | 2.1 | $709K | +0.9% | #180 of 377 |
| 3Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 44 | 174 | 2.1 | $588K | +5.4% | #216 of 377 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 43 | 745 | 2.0 | $663K | 0.0% | #222 of 377 |
| 4Kokomo, IN | 38 | 8 | 2.2 | $669K | +0.4% | #258 of 377 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 38 | 130 | 2.3 | $562K | +2.9% | #261 of 377 |
| 5Fort Wayne, IN | 37 | 39 | 2.1 | $611K | +3.9% | #266 of 377 |
| 6Columbus, IN | 36 | 8 | 2.4 | $563K | +4.3% | #272 of 377 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 36 | 215 | 2.4 | $556K | +2.7% | #274 of 377 |
| 7Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 32 | 25 | 2.8 | $416K | +2.1% | #299 of 377 |
Other business types in the Kokomo metro 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 Kokomo, IN metro area?
The Kokomo metro area has 8 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. 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 the Kokomo, IN metro area spend on funerals?
About $5.3M a year, or $150 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $669K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,593 households in the Kokomo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kokomo, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Kokomo metro area has 2.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $669K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,559 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kokomo, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kokomo metro area at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in the Kokomo metro area is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. The Kokomo metro area scores 38 for funeral homes (lower middle), #258 of 377 scored metro areas.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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