Funeral services · County · Missouri
Funeral homes in Phelps County, MO
The funeral homes in Phelps County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #790 of 1,472 scored counties
#25 of 43 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.5M
- On funerals · $146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $422K
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,247
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Phelps County comes to about $2.5M a year: $146 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $422K per home, 38% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 6 funeral homes on map listings in Phelps County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Phelps County in 2023. That is one for every 5,776 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $3.7M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Phelps County.
Population estimates show Phelps County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Phelps County is 47 (lower middle), #790 of 1,472 scored counties and #25 of 43 scored counties in Missouri.
How Phelps County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Phelps County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $422K | $521K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,776 | 6,178 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $146 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $58,396 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $371K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $3.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Phelps 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 Phelps County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,247+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,329
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 67
- Median household income
- $58,396+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,261
- Median home value
- $206,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,214
- Daytime population
- 46,987Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Charles County, MO | 75 | 20 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +4.9% | #138 of 1,472 |
| 2Christian County, MO | 72 | 5 | 1.4 | $966K | +8.3% | #195 of 1,472 |
| 3Jefferson County, MO | 71 | 7 | 0.8 | $1.7M | +2.7% | #208 of 1,472 |
| 4Newton County, MO | 67 | 5 | 2.3 | $698K | +6.1% | #309 of 1,472 |
| 5Greene County, MO | 66 | 18 | 1.4 | $950K | +3.3% | #321 of 1,472 |
| 6Cass County, MO | 66 | 11 | 2.5 | $598K | +7.1% | #336 of 1,472 |
| 7Platte County, MO | 65 | 8 | 1.8 | $682K | +6.7% | #360 of 1,472 |
| 8Clay County, MO | 64 | 17 | 1.7 | $737K | +4.3% | #381 of 1,472 |
| 9Taney County, MO | 64 | 7 | 3.1 | $544K | +1.7% | #390 of 1,472 |
| 10St. Louis County, MO | 63 | 67 | 1.6 | $913K | −1.2% | #394 of 1,472 |
| 25Phelps County, MO | 47 | 6 | 3.5 | $422K | +1.6% | #790 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Phelps 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 Phelps County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Phelps County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Phelps County, MO spend on funerals?
About $2.5M a year, or $146 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $422K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,329 households in Phelps County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Phelps County, MO compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Phelps County has 3.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $422K, 38% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Phelps County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,776 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Phelps County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Phelps County at 45,247 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,329 households. The median household income in Phelps County is $58,396 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Phelps County scores 47 for funeral homes (lower middle), #790 of 1,472 scored counties.
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