Funeral services · Metro area · Iowa
Funeral homes in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #284 of 377 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 41
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −33.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $23.3M
- On funerals · $144 a household
- Spending per listing
- $568K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 380,452
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #284 of 377 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 funeral homes in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $144 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area spend about $23.3M a year on funerals. Spread across 41 funeral homes, that is $568K per home, 16% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area was 24 in 2023, down 33.3% from 2019. That is one for every 6,738 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.2M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. Population estimates show the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro 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.
| Measure | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $568K | $373K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,738 | 4,073 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −33.3% | −4.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $144 | $144 | $143 |
| Median household income | $72,738 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24−33.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 187
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 380,452−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 161,702
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $72,738+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,004
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 174,294
- Daytime population
- 383,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA | 51 | 70 | 1.8 | $668K | +4.2% | #167 of 377 |
| 1Cedar Rapids, IA | 46 | 24 | 2.1 | $671K | +1.0% | #201 of 377 |
| 2Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 42 | 68 | 2.3 | $522K | +6.7% | #238 of 377 |
| 3Iowa City, IA | 37 | 14 | 1.9 | $595K | +4.1% | #267 of 377 |
| 4Dubuque, IA | 37 | 12 | 2.9 | $527K | +0.1% | #270 of 377 |
| 5Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 34 | 41 | 2.5 | $568K | −0.9% | #284 of 377 |
| 6Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 28 | 13 | 2.3 | $552K | +1.0% | #320 of 377 |
| 7Ames, IA | 23 | 13 | 2.6 | $466K | +2.2% | #345 of 377 |
| 8Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 23 | 21 | 3.0 | $463K | +0.5% | #346 of 377 |
Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?
There are 41 funeral homes on map listings in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 33.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area spend on funerals?
About $23.3M a year, or $144 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $568K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,702 households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 2.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $568K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 34, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,738 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 33.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area at 380,452 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,702 households. Median household income in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 34 for funeral homes (lower middle), #284 of 377 scored metro areas.
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