Groundwork

Funeral services · County · Iowa

Funeral homes in Louisa County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Louisa 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$721K
On funerals · $170 a household
Spending per listing
$180K
73% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.4
4.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,416
−3.7% since 2020

See the funeral homes around any address in Louisa County

The site report maps the funeral homes on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Louisa County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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

What this means

Households in Louisa County spend about $721K a year on funerals, or $170 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $180K of household spending for each home on map listings, 73% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Louisa County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 9.4 per 10,000 households, 4.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Louisa County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Louisa County declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Louisa County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Louisa 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 Louisa County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureLouisa CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.43.92.1
Spending per listing$180K$373K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a4,0738,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.7%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$170$144$143
Median household income$77,354$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored22

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 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 Louisa 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 Louisa County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,416−3.7% since 2020
Households
4,237
Median age
43.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
402 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$77,354+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,435
Median home value
$150,100
Jobs located here
3,871
Daytime population
9,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Louisa County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Louisa County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Funeral homes across Iowa

Every Iowa market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Louisa 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
Louisa County, IANot scored49.4$180K−3.7%

Other business types in Louisa County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Louisa County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Louisa County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Louisa County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Louisa County, IA spend on funerals?

About $721K a year, or $170 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $180K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,237 households in Louisa County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Louisa County has 9.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $180K, 73% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Louisa County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Louisa County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Louisa County at 10,416 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,237 households. The median household income in Louisa County is $77,354 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. Louisa County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Louisa County. It maps the funeral homes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Louisa County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Louisa County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Louisa County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.