Funeral services · Small-town market · Mississippi
Funeral homes in the Tupelo, MS area
The funeral homes in the Tupelo, MS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #212 of 365 scored small-town markets
#6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On funerals · $131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $357K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 76% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 133,167
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 funeral homes in the Tupelo area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $131 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Tupelo area spend about $6.8M a year on funerals. Spread across 19 funeral homes, that is $357K per home, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Tupelo area in 2023. That is one for every 4,710 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.2M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Tupelo area.
Population estimates show the Tupelo area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Tupelo area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #212 of 365 scored small-town markets and #6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.
How the Tupelo area 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 | Tupelo area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $357K | $313K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,710 | 5,699 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $131 | $136 | $143 |
| Median household income | $63,170 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 64
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Tupelo area, 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 the Tupelo area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 133,167+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 51,805
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $63,170
- Average household income
- $84,752
- Median home value
- $170,600
- Jobs located here
- 68,715
- Daytime population
- 143,876Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Tupelo area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 80 | 6 | 2.7 | $555K | +5.6% | #32 of 365 |
| 2Starkville, MS | 56 | 6 | 2.3 | $454K | +0.8% | #140 of 365 |
| 3Meridian, MS | 53 | 10 | 2.9 | $508K | −3.2% | #159 of 365 |
| 4Laurel, MS | 52 | 14 | 4.4 | $352K | −1.5% | #168 of 365 |
| 5Oxford, MS | 45 | 13 | 5.4 | $251K | +5.3% | #208 of 365 |
| 6Tupelo, MS | 44 | 19 | 3.7 | $357K | +0.8% | #212 of 365 |
| 7McComb, MS | 35 | 12 | 5.9 | $248K | −2.6% | #282 of 365 |
| 8Columbus, MS | 33 | 12 | 4.5 | $303K | −2.7% | #295 of 365 |
| 9Natchez, MS-LA | 30 | 13 | 6.3 | $251K | −0.9% | #316 of 365 |
| 10Vicksburg, MS | 23 | 8 | 4.8 | $306K | −6.3% | #332 of 365 |
Other business types in the Tupelo area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Tupelo, MS area?
The Tupelo area has 19 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Tupelo, MS area spend on funerals?
About $6.8M a year, or $131 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $357K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,805 households in the Tupelo area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tupelo, MS area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Tupelo area has 3.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $357K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Tupelo area would have about 10, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,710 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tupelo, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Tupelo area at 133,167 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,805 households. Median household income in the Tupelo area is $63,170, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Tupelo area scores 44 for funeral homes (lower middle), #212 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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