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Funeral homes in Forrest County, MS
The funeral homes in Forrest County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,364 of 1,472 scored counties
#32 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On funerals · $114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $264K
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Forrest County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,364 of 1,472 scored counties and #32 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 funeral homes in Forrest County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 15%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Forrest County comes to about $3.4M a year: $114 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $264K of household spending for each home on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Forrest County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $180K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Forrest County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forrest County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Forrest 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 | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $264K | $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 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $114 | $136 | $143 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 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
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $180K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Forrest 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents 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 |
| 32Forrest County, MS | 22 | 13 | 4.3 | $264K | +1.1% | #1,364 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Forrest 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 Forrest County, MS?
Forrest County has 13 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Forrest County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on funerals?
About $3.4M a year, or $114 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $264K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Forrest County has 4.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $264K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Forrest County would have about 5, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Forrest County scores 22 for funeral homes (low), #1,364 of 1,472 scored counties.
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