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Funeral homes in St. Joseph County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in St. Joseph County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #896 of 1,472 scored counties
#31 of 57 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 35
- 12 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- −28.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $14.7M
- On funerals · $137 a household
- Spending per listing
- $420K
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 272,861
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $137 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in St. Joseph County spend about $14.7M a year on funerals. That is about $420K of household spending for each home on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
St. Joseph County has 35 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in St. Joseph County classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 28.6% from 2019. That is one for every 7,150 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in St. Joseph County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in St. Joseph County is 43 (lower middle), #896 of 1,472 scored counties and #31 of 57 scored counties in Indiana.
How St. Joseph 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 | St. Joseph County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $420K | $473K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,150 | 5,706 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −28.6% | −4.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $137 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,868 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 15−28.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3512 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 272,861+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 107,252
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 596
- Median household income
- $66,868+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,212
- Median home value
- $192,800
- Jobs located here
- 124,747
- Daytime population
- 277,571Residents 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 |
| 31St. Joseph County, IN | 43 | 35 | 3.3 | $420K | +0.1% | #896 of 1,472 |
Other business types in St. Joseph County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in St. Joseph County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 funeral homes in St. Joseph County. 12 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 28.6% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Joseph County, IN spend on funerals?
About $14.7M a year, or $137 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $420K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 107,252 households in St. Joseph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Joseph County, IN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
St. Joseph County has 3.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $420K, 38% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, St. Joseph County would have about 22, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,150 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 28.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Joseph County, IN growing?
Population estimates put St. Joseph County at 272,861 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,252 households. The median household income in St. Joseph County is $66,868 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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. St. Joseph County scores 43 for funeral homes (lower middle), #896 of 1,472 scored counties.
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