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Funeral homes in Harlan County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Harlan County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 6 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,470 of 1,472 scored counties
#37 of 37 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5M
- On funerals · $136 a household
- Spending per listing
- $145K
- 79% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 4.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,725
- −7.6% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Harlan County has a Groundwork market score of 6 (very low): #1,470 of 1,472 scored counties and #37 of 37 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Harlan County spend about $1.5M a year on funerals, or $136 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 funeral homes, that is $145K per home, 79% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 10 funeral homes on map listings in Harlan County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Harlan County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,533 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates show Harlan County declined 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Harlan County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Harlan County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $145K | $415K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,533 | 4,931 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $136 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $41,693 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 6 | 17 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $808K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Harlan 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 Harlan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,725−7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 10,731
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $41,693+57.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,003
- Median home value
- $73,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,743
- Daytime population
- 24,360Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daviess County, KY | 66 | 6 | 1.4 | $976K | +1.5% | #320 of 1,472 |
| 2Pulaski County, KY | 64 | 6 | 2.3 | $692K | +3.5% | #382 of 1,472 |
| 3Warren County, KY | 63 | 8 | 1.4 | $772K | +10.6% | #400 of 1,472 |
| 4Bullitt County, KY | 63 | 8 | 2.5 | $578K | +5.0% | #421 of 1,472 |
| 5Madison County, KY | 61 | 6 | 1.6 | $719K | +9.4% | #457 of 1,472 |
| 6Fayette County, KY | 59 | 23 | 1.6 | $662K | +2.2% | #503 of 1,472 |
| 7Boone County, KY | 57 | 10 | 2.0 | $632K | +6.5% | #535 of 1,472 |
| 8Jefferson County, KY | 54 | 64 | 1.9 | $660K | +1.6% | #597 of 1,472 |
| 9Laurel County, KY | 50 | 6 | 2.5 | $556K | +1.6% | #695 of 1,472 |
| 10Campbell County, KY | 48 | 9 | 2.3 | $557K | +2.5% | #749 of 1,472 |
| 37Harlan County, KY | 6 | 10 | 9.3 | $145K | −7.6% | #1,470 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Harlan County
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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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Harlan County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 funeral homes in Harlan County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Harlan County, KY spend on funerals?
About $1.5M a year, or $136 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $145K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,731 households in Harlan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harlan County, KY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Harlan County has 9.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $145K, 79% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Harlan County would have about 2, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,533 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Harlan County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Harlan County at 24,725 people in 2025, down 7.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,731 households. The median household income in Harlan County is $41,693 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 57.5% 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. Harlan County scores 6 for funeral homes (very low), #1,470 of 1,472 scored counties.
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