Funeral services · Small-town market · Kansas
Funeral homes in the Hays, KS area
The funeral homes in the Hays, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #287 of 365 scored small-town markets
#5 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On funerals · $133 a household
- Spending per listing
- $327K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 95% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,075
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Hays area is 34 (lower middle), #287 of 365 scored small-town markets and #5 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on funerals in the Hays area comes to about $1.6M a year: $133 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $327K per home, 52% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 5 funeral homes on map listings in the Hays area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 95% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in the Hays area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hays area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hays area 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 | Hays area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $327K | $479K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,172 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $133 | $138 | $143 |
| Median household income | $63,084 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 20 |
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
- 51 chain location
- 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 the Hays 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 Hays area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,075+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,251
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $63,084+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,365
- Median home value
- $216,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,340
- Daytime population
- 30,752Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Hays area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hutchinson, KS | 78 | 8 | 3.1 | $546K | −0.6% | #35 of 365 |
| 2Salina, KS | 68 | 7 | 2.8 | $543K | −1.4% | #72 of 365 |
| 3McPherson, KS | 47 | 6 | 4.9 | $361K | −0.4% | #190 of 365 |
| 4Great Bend, KS | 34 | 5 | 4.8 | $344K | −2.5% | #285 of 365 |
| 5Hays, KS | 34 | 5 | 4.1 | $327K | +0.4% | #287 of 365 |
| 6Pittsburg, KS | 29 | 6 | 3.8 | $336K | +0.1% | #317 of 365 |
Other business types in the Hays 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 Hays, KS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in the Hays area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in the Hays area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Hays, KS area spend on funerals?
About $1.6M a year, or $133 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $327K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,251 households in the Hays area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hays, KS area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Hays area has 4.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 95% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $327K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Hays area would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Hays, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Hays area at 29,075 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,251 households. The median household income in the Hays area is $63,084 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.3% 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. 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 Hays area scores 34 for funeral homes (lower middle), #287 of 365 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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