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Funeral homes in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The funeral homes in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,438 of 1,472 scored counties
#31 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.7M
On funerals · $143 a household
Spending per listing
$172K
75% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,471
−2.4% 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

Jefferson Davis Parish scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,438 of 1,472 scored counties and #31 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 funeral homes in Jefferson Davis Parish. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Jefferson Davis Parish comes to about $1.7M a year: $143 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $172K of household spending for each home on map listings, 75% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Jefferson Davis Parish was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,017 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Jefferson Davis Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jefferson Davis Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Jefferson Davis Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson Davis ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.32.72.1
Spending per listing$172K$497K$679K
Households per official establishment3,0177,2488,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$143$134$143
Median household income$57,341$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score1622

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$988K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Jefferson Davis Parish, 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 Jefferson Davis Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
31,471−2.4% since 2020
Households
12,068
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
652 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$57,341+36.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,913
Median home value
$150,800
Jobs located here
7,538
Daytime population
26,729Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Jefferson Davis Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Tammany Parish, LA83101.0$1.5M+5.3%#44 of 1,472
2Livingston Parish, LA7171.3$924K+8.5%#219 of 1,472
3Bossier Parish, LA6851.0$1.3M+2.5%#271 of 1,472
4Jefferson Parish, LA65150.8$1.7M−1.9%#345 of 1,472
5East Baton Rouge Parish, LA63241.4$894K+0.1%#395 of 1,472
6Lafayette Parish, LA60191.9$623K+6.5%#482 of 1,472
7Ascension Parish, LA59102.1$539K+6.4%#508 of 1,472
8Terrebonne Parish, LA4892.1$590K−4.8%#747 of 1,472
9Ouachita Parish, LA47162.6$519K−1.0%#780 of 1,472
10Orleans Parish, LA45312.0$638K−5.5%#830 of 1,472
31Jefferson Davis Parish, LA16108.3$172K−2.4%#1,438 of 1,472

Other business types in Jefferson Davis Parish

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA?

There are 10 funeral homes on map listings in Jefferson Davis Parish as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA spend on funerals?

About $1.7M 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 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $172K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,068 households in Jefferson Davis Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jefferson Davis Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Jefferson Davis Parish has 8.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $172K, 75% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Jefferson Davis Parish would have about 3, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,017 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Jefferson Davis Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Jefferson Davis Parish at 31,471 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,068 households. Median household income in Jefferson Davis Parish is $57,341, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.2%, 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. Jefferson Davis Parish scores 16 for funeral homes (low), #1,438 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Jefferson Davis Parish

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