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Funeral homes in Jessamine County, KY

How Jessamine County, KY 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.8M
On funerals · $141 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
57,147
+7.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 funeral homes in Jessamine County. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.

Households in Jessamine County spend about $2.8M a year on funerals, or $141 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per home.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Jessamine County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 6,638 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jessamine County grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Jessamine County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jessamine 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.

Funeral homes in Jessamine County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureJessamine CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.03.22.1
Spending per listing$1.4M$415K$679K
Households per official establishment6,6384,9318,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.6%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.8%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$141$134$143
Median household income$74,576$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored17

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$455K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 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 Jessamine 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 Jessamine County

Population, 2025 estimate
57,147+7.8% since 2020
Households
19,913
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
172 sq. mi.
People per square mile
317
Median household income
$74,576+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,909
Median home value
$268,100
Jobs located here
19,582
Daytime population
49,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Daviess County, KY6661.4$976K+1.5%#320 of 1,472
2Pulaski County, KY6462.3$692K+3.5%#382 of 1,472
3Warren County, KY6381.4$772K+10.6%#400 of 1,472
4Bullitt County, KY6382.5$578K+5.0%#421 of 1,472
5Madison County, KY6161.6$719K+9.4%#457 of 1,472
6Fayette County, KY59231.6$662K+2.2%#503 of 1,472
7Boone County, KY57102.0$632K+6.5%#535 of 1,472
8Jefferson County, KY54641.9$660K+1.6%#597 of 1,472
9Laurel County, KY5062.5$556K+1.6%#695 of 1,472
10Campbell County, KY4892.3$557K+2.5%#749 of 1,472
Jessamine County, KYNot scored21.0$1.4M+7.8%

Other business types in Jessamine County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Jessamine County, KY?

There are 2 funeral homes on map listings in Jessamine 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 Jessamine County, KY spend on funerals?

About $2.8M a year, or $141 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,913 households in Jessamine County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jessamine County, KY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Jessamine County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Jessamine County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,638 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Jessamine County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Jessamine County at 57,147 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,913 households. Median household income in Jessamine County is $74,576, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. Jessamine County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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