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Funeral homes in Harrison County, MS
The funeral homes in Harrison County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #437 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 16
- 8 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On funerals · $130 a household
- Spending per listing
- $676K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 217,136
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Harrison County comes to about $10.8M a year: $130 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $676K of household spending for each home on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K.
Harrison County has 16 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Harrison County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 9,262 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harrison County grew 4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Harrison County is 62 (upper middle), #437 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Harrison 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 | Harrison County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $676K | $313K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,262 | 5,699 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $130 | $136 | $143 |
| Median household income | $59,479 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 106
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 168 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Harrison 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 Harrison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 217,136+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 83,358
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 368
- Median household income
- $59,479+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,923
- Median home value
- $212,200
- Jobs located here
- 89,531
- Daytime population
- 220,283Residents 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 Harrison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Harrison County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 funeral homes in Harrison County. 8 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Harrison County, MS spend on funerals?
About $10.8M a year, or $130 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $676K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,358 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harrison County, MS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Harrison County has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $676K, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,262 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Harrison County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Harrison County at 217,136 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,358 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $59,479 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Harrison County scores 62 for funeral homes (upper middle), #437 of 1,472 scored counties.
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