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Funeral services · Small-town market · Iowa

Funeral homes in the Clinton, IA area

How the Clinton, IA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #262 of 365 scored small-town markets
#6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Iowa

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.9M
On funerals · $149 a household
Spending per listing
$363K
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
95% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,002
−0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in the Clinton area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 95% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $149 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in the Clinton area spend about $2.9M a year on funerals. That is about $363K of household spending for each home on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Clinton area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,251 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Clinton area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, the Clinton area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #262 of 365 scored small-town markets and #6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Iowa.

How the Clinton area compares

The same measures for Iowa 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.

Funeral homes in Clinton, IA area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureClinton areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.13.92.1
Spending per listing$363K$373K$679K
Households per official establishment3,2514,0738,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.7%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$149$144$143
Median household income$66,981$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3722

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Clinton 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 Clinton area

Population, 2025 estimate
46,002−0.9% since 2020
Households
19,506
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$66,981+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,373
Median home value
$160,600
Jobs located here
19,215
Daytime population
42,953Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Iowa

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Clinton area marked.

Top small-town markets in Iowa

Small-town markets in Iowa ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Burlington, IA-IL6473.5$464K−2.5%#95 of 365
2Pella, IA5486.0$286K+2.3%#157 of 365
3Fort Dodge, IA5053.3$484K−0.4%#177 of 365
4Mason City, IA43104.4$370K−1.5%#219 of 365
5Fort Madison, IA3964.2$373K−3.6%#248 of 365
6Clinton, IA3784.1$363K−0.9%#262 of 365
7Le Mars, IA3454.8$325K0.0%#288 of 365
8Muscatine, IA3484.6$302K−3.0%#290 of 365
9Carroll, IA3055.7$301K−2.0%#314 of 365

Other business types in the Clinton area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Clinton, IA area?

There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in the Clinton area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in the Clinton, IA area spend on funerals?

About $2.9M a year, or $149 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $363K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,506 households in the Clinton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Clinton, IA area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Clinton area has 4.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 95% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $363K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Clinton area would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,251 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the Clinton, IA area growing?

Population estimates put the Clinton area at 46,002 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,506 households. Median household income in the Clinton area is $66,981, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. 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 Clinton area scores 37 for funeral homes (lower middle), #262 of 365 scored small-town markets.

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