Funeral services · County · Minnesota
Funeral homes in Stearns County, MN
How Stearns 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #842 of 1,472 scored counties
#24 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.5M
- On funerals · $139 a household
- Spending per listing
- $426K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 164,110
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Stearns County spend about $8.5M a year on funerals, or $139 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 funeral homes, that is $426K per home, 37% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 20 funeral homes on map listings in Stearns County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Stearns County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 4,723 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Stearns County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Stearns County is 45 (lower middle), #842 of 1,472 scored counties and #24 of 35 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Stearns 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 | Stearns County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $426K | $649K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,723 | 7,642 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $139 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $77,066 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Stearns 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 Stearns County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,110+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 61,403
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $77,066+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,367
- Median home value
- $273,400
- Jobs located here
- 83,579
- Daytime population
- 169,051Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 24Stearns County, MN | 45 | 20 | 3.3 | $426K | +3.6% | #842 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Stearns 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 Stearns County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 funeral homes in Stearns County. 5 of them (25%) 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 Stearns County, MN spend on funerals?
About $8.5M a year, or $139 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $426K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,403 households in Stearns County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stearns County, MN compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Stearns County has 3.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $426K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Stearns County would have about 13, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,723 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Stearns County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Stearns County at 164,110 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,403 households. The median household income in Stearns County is $77,066 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Stearns County scores 45 for funeral homes (lower middle), #842 of 1,472 scored counties.
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