Funeral services · Metro area · Louisiana
Funeral homes in the Lake Charles, LA metro area
How the Lake Charles, LA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #376 of 377 scored metro areas
#10 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 33
- 5 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- −9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $12.5M
- On funerals · $136 a household
- Spending per listing
- $380K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 244,655
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Lake Charles metro area is 12 (low), #376 of 377 scored metro areas and #10 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Lake Charles metro area spend about $12.5M a year on funerals, or $136 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $380K of household spending for each home on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 33 funeral homes on map listings in the Lake Charles metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Lake Charles metro area was 20 in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 4,602 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Lake Charles metro area. Population estimates show the Lake Charles metro area declined 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Lake Charles metro area 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.
| Measure | Lake Charles metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $380K | $497K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,602 | 7,248 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.1% | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $136 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,700 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20−9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 182
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 335 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Lake Charles metro area, 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 the Lake Charles metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 244,655−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 92,043
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $66,700
- Average household income
- $91,252
- Median home value
- $207,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,089
- Daytime population
- 245,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 83 | 10 | 1.0 | $1.5M | +5.3% | #22 of 377 |
| 2Baton Rouge, LA | 49 | 65 | 2.0 | $634K | +2.1% | #183 of 377 |
| 3New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 48 | 62 | 1.6 | $867K | −3.4% | #188 of 377 |
| 4Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 38 | 33 | 2.1 | $667K | −2.3% | #259 of 377 |
| 5Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 30 | 19 | 2.4 | $546K | −3.5% | #309 of 377 |
| 6Lafayette, LA | 27 | 50 | 3.0 | $407K | +3.8% | #332 of 377 |
| 7Hammond, LA | 24 | 20 | 3.8 | $308K | +5.8% | #344 of 377 |
| 8Monroe, LA | 21 | 31 | 3.6 | $399K | −1.9% | #357 of 377 |
| 9Alexandria, LA | 20 | 21 | 3.7 | $378K | −2.5% | #358 of 377 |
| 10Lake Charles, LA | 12 | 33 | 3.6 | $380K | −3.8% | #376 of 377 |
Other business types in the Lake Charles metro area
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 the Lake Charles, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 funeral homes in the Lake Charles metro area. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Lake Charles, LA metro area spend on funerals?
About $12.5M a year, or $136 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $380K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 92,043 households in the Lake Charles metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake Charles, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Lake Charles metro area has 3.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $380K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Lake Charles metro area would have about 19, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,602 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lake Charles, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake Charles metro area at 244,655 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 92,043 households. The median household income in the Lake Charles metro area is $66,700 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Lake Charles metro area scores 12 for funeral homes (low), #376 of 377 scored metro areas.
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