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Funeral homes in Johnson County, KS
How Johnson 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #96 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 20 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.1M
- On funerals · $129 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 636,906
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Johnson County is 77 (high), #96 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 20 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 funeral homes in Johnson County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Johnson County comes to about $32.1M a year: $129 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per home, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Johnson County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 27,726 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Johnson County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Johnson 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 | Johnson County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $479K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 27,726 | 5,172 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $129 | $138 | $143 |
| Median household income | $109,208 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 636,906+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 249,531
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,310
- Median household income
- $109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,207
- Median home value
- $391,200
- Jobs located here
- 379,207
- Daytime population
- 678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Johnson 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 |
Other business types in Johnson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Johnson County, KS?
There are 18 funeral homes on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on funerals?
About $32.1M a year, or $129 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Johnson County has 0.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.8M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Johnson County would have about 47, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 27,726 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 77 for funeral homes (high), #96 of 1,472 scored counties.
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