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Funeral homes in Riley County, KS
How Riley County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.5M
- On funerals · $90 a household
- Spending per listing
- $625K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,598
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Riley County. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Riley County spend about $2.5M a year on funerals, or $90 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 funeral homes, that is $625K per home, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Riley County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 9,232 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Riley County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Riley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Riley 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 | Riley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $625K | $479K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,232 | 5,172 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $90 | $138 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,098 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $672K
- 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
- 4The 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 Riley 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 Riley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,598+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 27,695
- Median age
- 30.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 46%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $61,098+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,486
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,758
- Daytime population
- 75,612Residents 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 Riley 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 |
| Riley County, KS | Not scored | 4 | 1.4 | $625K | +0.8% |
Other business types in Riley 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
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Riley County, KS?
There are 4 funeral homes on map listings in Riley County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Riley County, KS spend on funerals?
About $2.5M a year, or $90 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $625K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,695 households in Riley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Riley County, KS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Riley County has 1.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $625K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,232 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Riley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Riley County at 72,598 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,695 households. Median household income in Riley County is $61,098, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Riley 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?
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