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Funeral homes in Sedgwick County, KS

How Sedgwick 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #473 of 1,472 scored counties
#4 of 20 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
36
6 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
26
+4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$27.2M
On funerals · $131 a household
Spending per listing
$755K
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.7
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
538,433
+2.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in Sedgwick County comes to about $27.2M a year: $131 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $755K of household spending for each home on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

Sedgwick County has 36 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 17%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Sedgwick County was 26 in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 7,953 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sedgwick County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Sedgwick County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #473 of 1,472 scored counties and #4 of 20 scored counties in Kansas.

How Sedgwick 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.

Funeral homes in Sedgwick County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSedgwick CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.92.1
Spending per listing$755K$479K$679K
Households per official establishment7,9535,1728,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.0%−5.4%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$131$138$143
Median household income$69,365$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score6020

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 26+4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
166
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
366 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The 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 Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County

Population, 2025 estimate
538,433+2.6% since 2020
Households
206,768
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
530
Median household income
$69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,235
Median home value
$203,300
Jobs located here
261,004
Daytime population
549,658Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Sedgwick County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS77180.7$1.8M+4.2%#96 of 1,472
2Leavenworth County, KS6162.0$701K+3.2%#458 of 1,472
3Reno County, KS6183.1$546K−0.6%#464 of 1,472
4Sedgwick County, KS60361.7$755K+2.6%#473 of 1,472
5Douglas County, KS5651.0$1M+1.8%#550 of 1,472
6Saline County, KS5452.2$691K−1.6%#596 of 1,472
7Shawnee County, KS50152.0$719K0.0%#691 of 1,472
8Harvey County, KS4864.4$419K−1.2%#760 of 1,472
9McPherson County, KS4264.9$361K−0.4%#925 of 1,472
10Butler County, KS42103.9$361K+3.1%#926 of 1,472

Other business types in Sedgwick County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Sedgwick County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 funeral homes in Sedgwick County. 6 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Sedgwick County, KS spend on funerals?

About $27.2M a year, or $131 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $755K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sedgwick County, KS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Sedgwick County has 1.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $755K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 40, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,953 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.

How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Sedgwick County scores 60 for funeral homes (upper middle), #473 of 1,472 scored counties.

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