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Funeral homes in Cottonwood County, MN
How Cottonwood County, MN 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
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $876K
- On funerals · $189 a household
- Spending per listing
- $438K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 11,405
- −1.0% since 2020
See the funeral homes around any address in Cottonwood County
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What this means
Households in Cottonwood County spend about $876K a year on funerals, or $189 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 funeral homes, that is $438K per home.
Cottonwood County has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Cottonwood County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cottonwood County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Cottonwood County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Cottonwood 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 | Cottonwood County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $438K | $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 | −1.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $189 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $72,941 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,405−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,630
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 640 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $72,941+40.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,108
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,163
- Daytime population
- 11,565Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cottonwood County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | Not scored | 2 | 4.3 | $438K | −1.0% |
Other business types in Cottonwood 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
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Cottonwood County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 funeral homes in Cottonwood County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Cottonwood County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cottonwood County, MN spend on funerals?
About $876K a year, or $189 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $438K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,630 households in Cottonwood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cottonwood County, MN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Cottonwood County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cottonwood County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Cottonwood County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Cottonwood County at 11,405 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,630 households. The median household income in Cottonwood County is $72,941 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.0% 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. Cottonwood County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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