Funeral services · County · Mississippi
Funeral homes in Adams County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Adams County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #964 of 1,472 scored counties
#10 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.9M
- On funerals · $162 a household
- Spending per listing
- $232K
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 3.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,061
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $162 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Adams County spend about $1.9M a year on funerals. That is about $232K of household spending for each home on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in Adams County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 7.0 for every 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Adams County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Adams County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #964 of 1,472 scored counties and #10 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Adams County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $232K | $313K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,699 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $162 | $136 | $143 |
| Median household income | $43,644 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 12 |
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
- 80 chain locations
- 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 Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,061+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,464
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 462 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $43,644+45.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,479
- Median home value
- $108,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,957
- Daytime population
- 27,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rankin County, MS | 66 | 14 | 2.3 | $606K | +3.2% | #335 of 1,472 |
| 2Madison County, MS | 64 | 7 | 1.6 | $773K | +6.5% | #378 of 1,472 |
| 3Pearl River County, MS | 64 | 6 | 2.7 | $555K | +5.6% | #389 of 1,472 |
| 4DeSoto County, MS | 63 | 13 | 1.8 | $620K | +6.3% | #416 of 1,472 |
| 5Harrison County, MS | 62 | 16 | 1.9 | $676K | +4.0% | #437 of 1,472 |
| 6Lamar County, MS | 54 | 5 | 2.0 | $619K | +4.7% | #600 of 1,472 |
| 7Jones County, MS | 51 | 9 | 3.6 | $430K | −1.0% | #686 of 1,472 |
| 8Jackson County, MS | 51 | 18 | 3.1 | $428K | +3.0% | #687 of 1,472 |
| 9Lafayette County, MS | 44 | 8 | 4.2 | $314K | +6.6% | #882 of 1,472 |
| 10Adams County, MS | 41 | 8 | 7.0 | $232K | +2.2% | #964 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Adams 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
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Adams County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 funeral homes in Adams 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 Adams County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Adams County, MS spend on funerals?
About $1.9M a year, or $162 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $232K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,464 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, MS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Adams County has 7.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $232K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Adams County would have about 3, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Adams County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 30,061 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,464 households. The median household income in Adams County is $43,644 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.8% 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. Adams County scores 41 for funeral homes (lower middle), #964 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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