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Funeral homes in Alcona County, MI

How Alcona County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.1M
On funerals · $205 a household
Spending per listing
$544K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,556
+3.7% 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

At $205 per household (44% above the U.S. average), households in Alcona County spend about $1.1M a year on funerals. That works out to $544K per home.

Alcona County has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Alcona County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alcona County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Alcona County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Alcona County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Alcona County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAlcona CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.82.22.1
Spending per listing$544K$661K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a7,6198,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$205$144$143
Median household income$54,993$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Alcona 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 Alcona County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,556+3.7% since 2020
Households
5,305
Median age
59.0
Homes lived in by their owners
90%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$54,993+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,179
Median home value
$162,800
Jobs located here
1,273
Daytime population
8,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Alcona County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston County, MI7791.2$1.3M+1.7%#103 of 1,472
2Ottawa County, MI74171.5$966K+3.9%#162 of 1,472
3Grand Traverse County, MI7292.2$721K+1.4%#205 of 1,472
4Oakland County, MI69651.2$1.2M+1.2%#243 of 1,472
5Midland County, MI6951.4$1.1M+0.3%#246 of 1,472
6Macomb County, MI66591.6$885K+0.7%#324 of 1,472
7Gladwin County, MI6354.4$412K+2.8%#427 of 1,472
8Monroe County, MI62121.9$791K+0.7%#430 of 1,472
9Kent County, MI62421.6$768K+2.5%#431 of 1,472
10Allegan County, MI62112.4$598K+2.1%#444 of 1,472
Alcona County, MINot scored23.8$544K+3.7%

Other business types in Alcona County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Alcona County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 funeral homes in Alcona County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Alcona County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Alcona County, MI spend on funerals?

About $1.1M a year, or $205 per household. That is 44% above the U.S. average (an index of 144, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $544K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,305 households in Alcona County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Alcona County, MI compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Alcona County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.

How fast is Alcona County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Alcona County at 10,556 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,305 households. The median household income in Alcona County is $54,993 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. Alcona County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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