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Funeral homes in Pipestone County, MN

How Pipestone 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$655K
On funerals · $165 a household
Spending per listing
$328K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
5.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,260
−1.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 funeral homes in Pipestone County. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households.

Households in Pipestone County spend about $655K a year on funerals, or $165 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 funeral homes, that is $328K per home.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Pipestone County in 2023. That is one for every 1,324 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pipestone County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Pipestone 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.

Funeral homes in Pipestone County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasurePipestone CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.02.22.1
Spending per listing$328K$649K$679K
Households per official establishment1,3247,6428,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$165$140$143
Median household income$69,628$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$273K
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 Pipestone 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 Pipestone County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,260−1.7% since 2020
Households
3,971
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
465 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$69,628
Average household income
$89,424
Median home value
$140,200
Jobs located here
4,447
Daytime population
8,763Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, MN81121.1$1.2M+6.9%#58 of 1,472
2Anoka County, MN75141.0$1.3M+4.7%#130 of 1,472
3Olmsted County, MN7181.2$1.2M+2.3%#211 of 1,472
4Dakota County, MN71231.3$998K+3.9%#217 of 1,472
5Crow Wing County, MN6972.4$727K+4.3%#265 of 1,472
6Sherburne County, MN6751.4$890K+6.8%#302 of 1,472
7Otter Tail County, MN6693.6$525K+1.6%#340 of 1,472
8Hennepin County, MN63551.0$1.2M+0.2%#393 of 1,472
9Goodhue County, MN6263.0$545K+1.3%#446 of 1,472
10Wright County, MN61101.9$657K+11.1%#459 of 1,472
Pipestone County, MNNot scored25.0$328K−1.7%

Other business types in Pipestone County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Pipestone County, MN?

Pipestone County has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Pipestone County, MN spend on funerals?

About $655K a year, or $165 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $328K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,971 households in Pipestone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pipestone County, MN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Pipestone County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Pipestone County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,324 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Pipestone County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Pipestone County at 9,260 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,971 households. Median household income in Pipestone County is $69,628, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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