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Funeral homes in Cherokee County, KS
How Cherokee County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,405 of 1,472 scored counties
#19 of 20 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 5
- 5 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2M
- On funerals · $147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $232K
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,105
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Cherokee County is 19 (low), #1,405 of 1,472 scored counties and #19 of 20 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $147 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $1.2M a year on funerals. That is about $232K of household spending for each home on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Cherokee County has 5 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cherokee County in 2023. That is one for every 1,577 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates show Cherokee County declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Cherokee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $232K | $479K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,577 | 5,172 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $147 | $138 | $143 |
| Median household income | $57,668 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $436K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 55 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,105−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,887
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $57,668+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,822
- Median home value
- $100,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,895
- Daytime population
- 16,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cherokee 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.
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cherokee County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 77 | 18 | 0.7 | $1.8M | +4.2% | #96 of 1,472 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 61 | 6 | 2.0 | $701K | +3.2% | #458 of 1,472 |
| 3Reno County, KS | 61 | 8 | 3.1 | $546K | −0.6% | #464 of 1,472 |
| 4Sedgwick County, KS | 60 | 36 | 1.7 | $755K | +2.6% | #473 of 1,472 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 56 | 5 | 1.0 | $1M | +1.8% | #550 of 1,472 |
| 6Saline County, KS | 54 | 5 | 2.2 | $691K | −1.6% | #596 of 1,472 |
| 7Shawnee County, KS | 50 | 15 | 2.0 | $719K | 0.0% | #691 of 1,472 |
| 8Harvey County, KS | 48 | 6 | 4.4 | $419K | −1.2% | #760 of 1,472 |
| 9McPherson County, KS | 42 | 6 | 4.9 | $361K | −0.4% | #925 of 1,472 |
| 10Butler County, KS | 42 | 10 | 3.9 | $361K | +3.1% | #926 of 1,472 |
| 19Cherokee County, KS | 19 | 5 | 6.3 | $232K | −1.0% | #1,405 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Cherokee County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 funeral homes in Cherokee County. 5 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Cherokee County, KS spend on funerals?
About $1.2M a year, or $147 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $232K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,887 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, KS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Cherokee County has 6.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $232K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,577 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 19,105 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,887 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $57,668 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Cherokee County scores 19 for funeral homes (low), #1,405 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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