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Funeral homes in Penobscot County, ME
How Penobscot County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #466 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 19
- 4 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.7M
- On funerals · $149 a household
- Spending per listing
- $510K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,967
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $149 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Penobscot County spend about $9.7M a year on funerals. That is about $510K of household spending for each home on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Penobscot County has 19 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Penobscot County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 8,153 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Penobscot County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Penobscot County is 61 (upper middle), #466 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Maine.
How Penobscot County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Penobscot County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $510K | $657K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,153 | 7,559 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $149 | $155 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,356 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Penobscot 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 Penobscot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,967+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 65,221
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,397 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $66,356+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,290
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 73,466
- Daytime population
- 158,403Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, ME | 74 | 17 | 1.9 | $841K | +4.8% | #166 of 1,472 |
| 2Cumberland County, ME | 71 | 27 | 2.0 | $718K | +4.5% | #225 of 1,472 |
| 3Oxford County, ME | 68 | 7 | 2.9 | $591K | +4.2% | #296 of 1,472 |
| 4Kennebec County, ME | 67 | 13 | 2.4 | $621K | +3.5% | #315 of 1,472 |
| 5Penobscot County, ME | 61 | 19 | 2.9 | $510K | +3.8% | #466 of 1,472 |
| 6Franklin County, ME | 61 | 5 | 3.9 | $415K | +4.6% | #471 of 1,472 |
| 7Androscoggin County, ME | 60 | 9 | 1.9 | $735K | +4.8% | #475 of 1,472 |
| 8Aroostook County, ME | 47 | 13 | 4.3 | $405K | −0.7% | #794 of 1,472 |
| 9Somerset County, ME | 44 | 9 | 3.9 | $364K | +2.3% | #874 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 funeral homes in Penobscot County. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Penobscot County, ME spend on funerals?
About $9.7M a year, or $149 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $510K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,221 households in Penobscot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Penobscot County, ME compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Penobscot County has 2.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $510K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Penobscot County would have about 14, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,153 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Penobscot County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Penobscot County at 157,967 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,221 households. The median household income in Penobscot County is $66,356 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Penobscot County scores 61 for funeral homes (upper middle), #466 of 1,472 scored counties.
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