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Funeral homes in Alcorn County, MS

How Alcorn County, MS 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 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,355 of 1,472 scored counties
#29 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.1M
On funerals · $142 a household
Spending per listing
$206K
70% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.9
3.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,569
−0.5% 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

For funeral homes, Alcorn County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #1,355 of 1,472 scored counties and #29 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on funerals in Alcorn County comes to about $2.1M a year: $142 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 10 funeral homes, that is $206K per home, 70% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Alcorn County has 10 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Alcorn County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,614 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alcorn County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Alcorn 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.

Funeral homes in Alcorn County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureAlcorn CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.94.42.1
Spending per listing$206K$313K$679K
Households per official establishment3,6145,6998,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.6%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$142$136$143
Median household income$51,260$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score2312

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$989K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
102 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 Alcorn 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 Alcorn County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,569−0.5% since 2020
Households
14,456
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
400 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$51,260+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,932
Median home value
$142,100
Jobs located here
13,226
Daytime population
34,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Mississippi

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rankin County, MS66142.3$606K+3.2%#335 of 1,472
2Madison County, MS6471.6$773K+6.5%#378 of 1,472
3Pearl River County, MS6462.7$555K+5.6%#389 of 1,472
4DeSoto County, MS63131.8$620K+6.3%#416 of 1,472
5Harrison County, MS62161.9$676K+4.0%#437 of 1,472
6Lamar County, MS5452.0$619K+4.7%#600 of 1,472
7Jones County, MS5193.6$430K−1.0%#686 of 1,472
8Jackson County, MS51183.1$428K+3.0%#687 of 1,472
9Lafayette County, MS4484.2$314K+6.6%#882 of 1,472
10Adams County, MS4187.0$232K+2.2%#964 of 1,472
29Alcorn County, MS23106.9$206K−0.5%#1,355 of 1,472

Other business types in Alcorn County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Alcorn County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 funeral homes in Alcorn County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Alcorn County, MS spend on funerals?

About $2.1M a year, or $142 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $206K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,456 households in Alcorn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Alcorn County, MS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Alcorn County has 6.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $206K, 70% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Alcorn County would have about 3, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,614 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Alcorn County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Alcorn County at 34,569 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,456 households. The median household income in Alcorn County is $51,260 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.8% 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. Alcorn County scores 23 for funeral homes (low), #1,355 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Alcorn County

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