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Funeral homes in Pulaski County, KY
The funeral homes in Pulaski County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #382 of 1,472 scored counties
#2 of 37 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On funerals · $158 a household
- Spending per listing
- $692K
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,384
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Pulaski County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Pulaski County spend about $4.2M a year on funerals, or $158 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $692K per home, 2% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Pulaski County in 2023. That is one for every 5,242 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pulaski County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Pulaski County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #382 of 1,472 scored counties and #2 of 37 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Pulaski 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 | Pulaski County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $692K | $415K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,242 | 4,931 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $158 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $51,898 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 17 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,384+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 26,210
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 658 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 100
- Median household income
- $51,898+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,241
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,101
- Daytime population
- 66,566Residents 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 |
Other business types in Pulaski County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Pulaski County, KY?
Pulaski County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Pulaski County, KY spend on funerals?
About $4.2M a year, or $158 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $692K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,210 households in Pulaski County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pulaski County, KY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Pulaski County has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $692K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,242 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Pulaski County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Pulaski County at 67,384 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,210 households. Median household income in Pulaski County is $51,898, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Pulaski County scores 64 for funeral homes (upper middle), #382 of 1,472 scored counties.
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