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Funeral homes in Vermilion Parish, LA
The funeral homes in Vermilion Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,298 of 1,472 scored counties
#20 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 13
- 7 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On funerals · $137 a household
- Spending per listing
- $229K
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,671
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Vermilion Parish is 26 (lower middle), #1,298 of 1,472 scored counties and #20 of 35 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Vermilion Parish spend about $3M a year on funerals, or $137 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $229K of household spending for each home on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Vermilion Parish has 13 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 54%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Vermilion Parish in 2023. That is one for every 3,633 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Vermilion Parish grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Vermilion 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.
| Measure | Vermilion Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $229K | $497K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,633 | 7,248 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $137 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $55,707 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Vermilion 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 Vermilion Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,671+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 21,797
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,172 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $55,707+7.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,600
- Median home value
- $163,300
- Jobs located here
- 12,586
- Daytime population
- 46,026Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 83 | 10 | 1.0 | $1.5M | +5.3% | #44 of 1,472 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 71 | 7 | 1.3 | $924K | +8.5% | #219 of 1,472 |
| 3Bossier Parish, LA | 68 | 5 | 1.0 | $1.3M | +2.5% | #271 of 1,472 |
| 4Jefferson Parish, LA | 65 | 15 | 0.8 | $1.7M | −1.9% | #345 of 1,472 |
| 5East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 63 | 24 | 1.4 | $894K | +0.1% | #395 of 1,472 |
| 6Lafayette Parish, LA | 60 | 19 | 1.9 | $623K | +6.5% | #482 of 1,472 |
| 7Ascension Parish, LA | 59 | 10 | 2.1 | $539K | +6.4% | #508 of 1,472 |
| 8Terrebonne Parish, LA | 48 | 9 | 2.1 | $590K | −4.8% | #747 of 1,472 |
| 9Ouachita Parish, LA | 47 | 16 | 2.6 | $519K | −1.0% | #780 of 1,472 |
| 10Orleans Parish, LA | 45 | 31 | 2.0 | $638K | −5.5% | #830 of 1,472 |
| 20Vermilion Parish, LA | 26 | 13 | 6.0 | $229K | +1.3% | #1,298 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Vermilion Parish
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 Vermilion Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 funeral homes in Vermilion Parish. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Vermilion Parish, LA spend on funerals?
About $3M a year, or $137 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $229K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,797 households in Vermilion Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vermilion Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Vermilion Parish has 6.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $229K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Vermilion Parish would have about 4, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,633 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Vermilion Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Vermilion Parish at 57,671 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,797 households. The median household income in Vermilion Parish is $55,707 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 7.2% 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. Vermilion Parish scores 26 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,298 of 1,472 scored counties.
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