Funeral services · County · Mississippi
Funeral homes in Madison County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Madison County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #378 of 1,472 scored counties
#2 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On funerals · $123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $773K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,298
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $123 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Madison County spend about $5.4M a year on funerals. That works out to $773K per home, 14% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 7 funeral homes on map listings in Madison County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.6 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Madison County in 2023. That is one for every 8,783 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Madison County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Madison County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #378 of 1,472 scored counties and #2 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Madison 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 | Madison County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $773K | $313K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,783 | 5,699 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $123 | $136 | $143 |
| Median household income | $83,441 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Madison 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 Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,298+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 43,917
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 156
- Median household income
- $83,441+16.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $121,926
- Median home value
- $311,100
- Jobs located here
- 63,928
- Daytime population
- 124,659Residents 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 Madison 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
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Madison County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 funeral homes in Madison County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Madison County, MS spend on funerals?
About $5.4M a year, or $123 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $773K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,917 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, MS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Madison County has 1.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $773K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Madison County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,783 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Madison County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 116,298 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,917 households. The median household income in Madison County is $83,441 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.2% 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. Madison County scores 64 for funeral homes (upper middle), #378 of 1,472 scored counties.
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