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Funeral homes in Lafayette Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #482 of 1,472 scored counties
#6 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
19
9 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.8M
On funerals · $117 a household
Spending per listing
$623K
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
257,949
+6.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 funeral homes in Lafayette Parish. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.9, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $117 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Lafayette Parish spend about $11.8M a year on funerals. That is about $623K of household spending for each home on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Lafayette Parish classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 9,173 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lafayette Parish grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Lafayette Parish is 60 (upper middle), #482 of 1,472 scored counties and #6 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Lafayette 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 Lafayette Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.92.72.1
Spending per listing$623K$497K$679K
Households per official establishment9,1737,2488,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$117$134$143
Median household income$67,451$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6022

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 11
Employees, 2023
103
Annual payroll, 2023
$5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
199 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
257,949+6.5% since 2020
Households
100,903
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
269 sq. mi.
People per square mile
922
Median household income
$67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,745
Median home value
$242,900
Jobs located here
135,780
Daytime population
279,185Residents 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 Lafayette 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

Other business types in Lafayette Parish

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Lafayette Parish, LA?

Lafayette Parish has 19 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

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

About $11.8M a year, or $117 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $623K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lafayette Parish has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $623K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 17, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,173 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 60 for funeral homes (upper middle), #482 of 1,472 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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