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Funeral homes in Metcalfe County, KY
How Metcalfe 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
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $599K
- On funerals · $146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $299K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,583
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $146 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Metcalfe County spend about $599K a year on funerals. That works out to $299K per home.
There are 2 funeral homes on map listings in Metcalfe County as of September 2026. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Metcalfe County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Metcalfe County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Metcalfe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Metcalfe 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 | Metcalfe County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $299K | $415K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,931 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $146 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $51,473 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 17 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 1The 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 Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,583+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,100
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $51,473+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,471
- Median home value
- $110,200
- Jobs located here
- 1,924
- Daytime population
- 8,587Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Metcalfe County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Metcalfe County, KY | Not scored | 2 | 4.9 | $299K | +2.9% |
Other business types in Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 funeral homes in Metcalfe County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Metcalfe County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Metcalfe County, KY spend on funerals?
About $599K a year, or $146 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $299K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,100 households in Metcalfe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Metcalfe County, KY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Metcalfe County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Metcalfe County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Metcalfe County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Metcalfe County at 10,583 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,100 households. The median household income in Metcalfe County is $51,473 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.7% 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. Metcalfe County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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