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Funeral homes in Talbot County, MD
The funeral homes in Talbot County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #190 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 20 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.8M
- On funerals · $229 a household
- Spending per listing
- $627K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 76% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,238
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Talbot County comes to about $3.8M a year: $229 per household, 61% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $627K per home, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 6 funeral homes on map listings in Talbot County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Talbot County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Talbot County grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Talbot County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #190 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 20 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Talbot County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Talbot County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $627K | $912K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,990 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $229 | $143 | $143 |
| Median household income | $84,811 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Talbot 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 Talbot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,238+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,433
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 141
- Median household income
- $84,811+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,276
- Median home value
- $409,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,017
- Daytime population
- 37,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, MD | 82 | 30 | 0.8 | $2M | +1.3% | #48 of 1,472 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 75 | 8 | 0.7 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #125 of 1,472 |
| 3Frederick County, MD | 74 | 18 | 1.7 | $815K | +11.0% | #167 of 1,472 |
| 4Harford County, MD | 73 | 11 | 1.1 | $1.3M | +2.0% | #171 of 1,472 |
| 5Talbot County, MD | 73 | 6 | 3.7 | $627K | +2.0% | #190 of 1,472 |
| 6Anne Arundel County, MD | 69 | 28 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +1.7% | #244 of 1,472 |
| 7St. Mary’s County, MD | 68 | 5 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +2.4% | #274 of 1,472 |
| 8Wicomico County, MD | 67 | 7 | 1.7 | $776K | +3.2% | #306 of 1,472 |
| 9Baltimore County, MD | 66 | 48 | 1.4 | $1.1M | −0.7% | #318 of 1,472 |
| 10Prince George’s County, MD | 66 | 45 | 1.3 | $1M | +0.5% | #319 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Talbot County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Talbot County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Talbot County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Talbot County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Talbot County, MD spend on funerals?
About $3.8M a year, or $229 per household. That is 61% above the U.S. average (an index of 161, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $627K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,433 households in Talbot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Talbot County, MD compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Talbot County has 3.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $627K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.
How fast is Talbot County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Talbot County at 38,238 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,433 households. The median household income in Talbot County is $84,811 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Talbot County scores 73 for funeral homes (upper middle), #190 of 1,472 scored counties.
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