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Funeral homes in Crawford County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Crawford County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$968K
On funerals · $153 a household
Spending per listing
$484K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,237
−1.5% 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

Household spending on funerals in Crawford County comes to about $968K a year: $153 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 funeral homes, that is $484K per home.

Crawford County has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Crawford County in 2023. That is one for every 1,055 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crawford County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Crawford County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Crawford County 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 Crawford County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.23.92.1
Spending per listing$484K$373K$679K
Households per official establishment1,0554,0738,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.7%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$153$144$143
Median household income$67,027$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored22

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$370K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,237−1.5% since 2020
Households
6,331
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
714 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$67,027+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,726
Median home value
$153,700
Jobs located here
6,697
Daytime population
14,730Residents 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 counties in Iowa for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Crawford County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pottawattamie County, IA6661.6$921K−0.7%#322 of 1,472
2Scott County, IA65111.5$893K+0.4%#351 of 1,472
3Johnson County, IA6591.4$766K+4.6%#356 of 1,472
4Polk County, IA62351.7$662K+4.8%#439 of 1,472
5Linn County, IA61151.6$863K+0.7%#452 of 1,472
6Dallas County, IA5892.1$560K+17.8%#522 of 1,472
7Dubuque County, IA54122.9$527K+0.1%#608 of 1,472
8Warren County, IA54104.8$314K+9.0%#617 of 1,472
9Black Hawk County, IA49122.2$602K+0.4%#720 of 1,472
10Story County, IA4982.1$554K+2.7%#723 of 1,472
Crawford County, IANot scored23.2$484K−1.5%

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Crawford County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 funeral homes in Crawford County. 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 Crawford County, IA spend on funerals?

About $968K a year, or $153 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $484K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,331 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, IA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Crawford County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Crawford County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,055 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 16,237 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,331 households. The median household income in Crawford County is $67,027 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Crawford County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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