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Funeral homes in Shawnee County, KS
How Shawnee 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #691 of 1,472 scored counties
#7 of 20 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On funerals · $143 a household
- Spending per listing
- $719K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,607
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Shawnee County spend about $10.8M a year on funerals, or $143 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $719K per home, 6% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Shawnee County has 15 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Shawnee County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 4,716 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shawnee County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Shawnee County is 50 (upper middle), #691 of 1,472 scored counties and #7 of 20 scored counties in Kansas.
How Shawnee 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 | Shawnee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $719K | $479K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,716 | 5,172 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $143 | $138 | $143 |
| Median household income | $67,104 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 134
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,6070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,458
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 544 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 327
- Median household income
- $67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,163
- Median home value
- $180,900
- Jobs located here
- 103,349
- Daytime population
- 200,016Residents 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee 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
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Shawnee County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 funeral homes in Shawnee County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Shawnee County, KS spend on funerals?
About $10.8M a year, or $143 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $719K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shawnee County, KS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Shawnee County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $719K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Shawnee County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,716 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Shawnee County scores 50 for funeral homes (upper middle), #691 of 1,472 scored counties.
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