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Funeral homes in Manistee County, MI
How Manistee 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2M
- On funerals · $189 a household
- Spending per listing
- $665K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,656
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 funeral homes in Manistee County. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Manistee County comes to about $2M a year: $189 per household, 32% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 funeral homes, that is $665K per home, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Manistee County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,640 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Manistee County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 funeral homes on map listings, Manistee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Manistee 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.
| Measure | Manistee County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $665K | $661K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,640 | 7,619 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $189 | $144 | $143 |
| Median household income | $63,516 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $911K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Manistee 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 Manistee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,656+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 10,561
- Median age
- 49.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 542 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $63,516+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,176
- Median home value
- $182,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,248
- Daytime population
- 23,225Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston County, MI | 77 | 9 | 1.2 | $1.3M | +1.7% | #103 of 1,472 |
| 2Ottawa County, MI | 74 | 17 | 1.5 | $966K | +3.9% | #162 of 1,472 |
| 3Grand Traverse County, MI | 72 | 9 | 2.2 | $721K | +1.4% | #205 of 1,472 |
| 4Oakland County, MI | 69 | 65 | 1.2 | $1.2M | +1.2% | #243 of 1,472 |
| 5Midland County, MI | 69 | 5 | 1.4 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #246 of 1,472 |
| 6Macomb County, MI | 66 | 59 | 1.6 | $885K | +0.7% | #324 of 1,472 |
| 7Gladwin County, MI | 63 | 5 | 4.4 | $412K | +2.8% | #427 of 1,472 |
| 8Monroe County, MI | 62 | 12 | 1.9 | $791K | +0.7% | #430 of 1,472 |
| 9Kent County, MI | 62 | 42 | 1.6 | $768K | +2.5% | #431 of 1,472 |
| 10Allegan County, MI | 62 | 11 | 2.4 | $598K | +2.1% | #444 of 1,472 |
| Manistee County, MI | Not scored | 3 | 2.8 | $665K | +2.3% |
Other business types in Manistee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Manistee County, MI?
There are 3 funeral homes on map listings in Manistee County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Manistee County, MI spend on funerals?
About $2M a year, or $189 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $665K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,561 households in Manistee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Manistee County, MI compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Manistee County has 2.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $665K, 2% below 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 2,640 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Manistee County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Manistee County at 25,656 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,561 households. Median household income in Manistee County is $63,516, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.9%, 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. Manistee County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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