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Funeral homes in Washington County, MS
The funeral homes in Washington County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,461 of 1,472 scored counties
#42 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 15
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.3M
- On funerals · $133 a household
- Spending per listing
- $152K
- 78% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 4.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,446
- −9.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Washington County is 11 (low), #1,461 of 1,472 scored counties and #42 of 47 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Washington County spend about $2.3M a year on funerals, or $133 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 funeral homes, that is $152K per home, 78% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Washington County has 15 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 households, 4.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Washington County in 2023. That is one for every 3,423 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washington County declined 9.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Washington 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 | Washington County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $152K | $313K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,423 | 5,699 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −9.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $133 | $136 | $143 |
| Median household income | $42,165 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 12 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 152 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 Washington 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 Washington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,446−9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,113
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 724 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $42,165+42.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,222
- Median home value
- $104,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,180
- Daytime population
- 41,627Residents 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 |
| 42Washington County, MS | 11 | 15 | 8.8 | $152K | −9.4% | #1,461 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Washington County
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 Washington County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 funeral homes in Washington County. 2 of them (13%) 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 Washington County, MS spend on funerals?
About $2.3M a year, or $133 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $152K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,113 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington County, MS compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Washington County has 8.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $152K, 78% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Washington County would have about 3, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,423 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Washington County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Washington County at 40,446 people in 2025, down 9.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,113 households. The median household income in Washington County is $42,165 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.0% 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. Washington County scores 11 for funeral homes (low), #1,461 of 1,472 scored counties.
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