Funeral services · Metro area · Kansas
Funeral homes in the Lawrence, KS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Lawrence, KS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #173 of 377 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On funerals · $102 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Lawrence metro area spend about $5.1M a year on funerals, or $102 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per home, 51% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
The Lawrence metro area has 5 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in the Lawrence metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lawrence metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Lawrence metro area is 50 (upper middle), #173 of 377 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas.
How the Lawrence metro 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 | Lawrence metro area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $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 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $102 | $138 | $143 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 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
- 8The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Kansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lawrence metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 51 | 163 | 1.8 | $704K | +3.4% | #166 of 377 |
| 1Lawrence, KS | 50 | 5 | 1.0 | $1M | +1.8% | #173 of 377 |
| 2Wichita, KS | 38 | 57 | 2.2 | $608K | +2.4% | #260 of 377 |
| 3Manhattan, KS | 37 | 8 | 1.6 | $627K | +1.4% | #265 of 377 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 31 | 26 | 3.3 | $426K | +3.9% | #306 of 377 |
| 4Topeka, KS | 29 | 26 | 2.7 | $545K | +0.1% | #315 of 377 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 27 | 13 | 2.8 | $536K | −2.0% | #328 of 377 |
Other business types in the Lawrence metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Lawrence, KS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 funeral homes in the Lawrence metro 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 Lawrence metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Lawrence, KS metro area spend on funerals?
About $5.1M a year, or $102 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,406 households in the Lawrence metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lawrence, KS metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Lawrence metro area has 1.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Lawrence metro area would have about 8, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Lawrence, KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lawrence metro area at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in the Lawrence metro area is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. The Lawrence metro area scores 50 for funeral homes (upper middle), #173 of 377 scored metro areas.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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