Funeral services · Metro area · Michigan
Funeral homes in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area
How the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #232 of 377 scored metro areas
#9 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 20
- 6 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On funerals · $126 a household
- Spending per listing
- $675K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 263,795
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area spend about $13.5M a year on funerals, or $126 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $675K per home, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K.
The Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has 20 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 30%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.9, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area in 2023. That is one for every 8,239 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area is 42 (lower middle), #232 of 377 scored metro areas and #9 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area 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.
| Measure | Kalamazoo-Portage metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $675K | $661K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,239 | 7,619 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $126 | $144 | $143 |
| Median household income | $72,532 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 the Kalamazoo-Portage 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 Kalamazoo-Portage metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 263,795+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 107,110
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 562 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 467
- Median household income
- $72,532+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,205
- Median home value
- $241,800
- Jobs located here
- 120,525
- Daytime population
- 271,929Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Traverse City, MI | 65 | 15 | 2.3 | $753K | +2.2% | #95 of 377 |
| 2Midland, MI | 64 | 5 | 1.4 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #97 of 377 |
| 3Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 55 | 291 | 1.6 | $857K | +0.1% | #144 of 377 |
| 4Ann Arbor, MI | 53 | 19 | 1.3 | $976K | −0.4% | #155 of 377 |
| 5Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 53 | 83 | 1.9 | $718K | +2.8% | #157 of 377 |
| 6Monroe, MI | 52 | 12 | 1.9 | $791K | +0.7% | #161 of 377 |
| 7Flint, MI | 48 | 33 | 2.0 | $728K | −1.1% | #189 of 377 |
| 8Battle Creek, MI | 44 | 14 | 2.6 | $544K | −0.6% | #219 of 377 |
| 9Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 42 | 20 | 1.9 | $675K | +0.8% | #232 of 377 |
| 10Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 42 | 21 | 3.1 | $484K | +1.8% | #240 of 377 |
Other business types in the Kalamazoo-Portage 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 funeral homes in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area. 6 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area spend on funerals?
About $13.5M a year, or $126 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $675K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 107,110 households in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Kalamazoo-Portage metro area has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $675K, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,239 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area at 263,795 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,110 households. The median household income in the Kalamazoo-Portage metro area is $72,532 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. The Kalamazoo-Portage metro area scores 42 for funeral homes (lower middle), #232 of 377 scored metro areas.
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