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Funeral homes in Blue Earth County, MN
How Blue Earth County, MN 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #595 of 1,472 scored counties
#14 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On funerals · $131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $721K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,634
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Blue Earth County spend about $3.6M a year on funerals, or $131 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $721K per home, 6% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 5 funeral homes on map listings in Blue Earth County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.8 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Blue Earth County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Blue Earth County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Blue Earth County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #595 of 1,472 scored counties and #14 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Blue Earth County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Blue Earth County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $721K | $649K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,642 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $131 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $74,477 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 49 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Blue Earth 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 Blue Earth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,634+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 27,606
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 748 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $74,477+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,438
- Median home value
- $266,700
- Jobs located here
- 37,905
- Daytime population
- 76,062Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Blue Earth County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 81 | 12 | 1.1 | $1.2M | +6.9% | #58 of 1,472 |
| 2Anoka County, MN | 75 | 14 | 1.0 | $1.3M | +4.7% | #130 of 1,472 |
| 3Olmsted County, MN | 71 | 8 | 1.2 | $1.2M | +2.3% | #211 of 1,472 |
| 4Dakota County, MN | 71 | 23 | 1.3 | $998K | +3.9% | #217 of 1,472 |
| 5Crow Wing County, MN | 69 | 7 | 2.4 | $727K | +4.3% | #265 of 1,472 |
| 6Sherburne County, MN | 67 | 5 | 1.4 | $890K | +6.8% | #302 of 1,472 |
| 7Otter Tail County, MN | 66 | 9 | 3.6 | $525K | +1.6% | #340 of 1,472 |
| 8Hennepin County, MN | 63 | 55 | 1.0 | $1.2M | +0.2% | #393 of 1,472 |
| 9Goodhue County, MN | 62 | 6 | 3.0 | $545K | +1.3% | #446 of 1,472 |
| 10Wright County, MN | 61 | 10 | 1.9 | $657K | +11.1% | #459 of 1,472 |
| 14Blue Earth County, MN | 54 | 5 | 1.8 | $721K | +2.1% | #595 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Blue Earth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Blue Earth County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in Blue Earth County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Blue Earth County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Blue Earth County, MN spend on funerals?
About $3.6M a year, or $131 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $721K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,606 households in Blue Earth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Blue Earth County, MN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Blue Earth County has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $721K, 6% above 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 Blue Earth County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Blue Earth County at 70,634 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,606 households. The median household income in Blue Earth County is $74,477 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Blue Earth County scores 54 for funeral homes (upper middle), #595 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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