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Funeral homes in Ripley County, MO

How Ripley County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$624K
On funerals · $156 a household
Spending per listing
$624K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,717
+0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in Ripley County comes to about $624K a year: $156 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $624K of household spending for each home on map listings.

Ripley County has 1 funeral home on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Ripley County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Ripley County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 funeral home on map listings, Ripley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Ripley 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.

Funeral homes in Ripley County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureRipley CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.52.72.1
Spending per listing$624K$521K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a6,1788,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$156$140$143
Median household income$42,037$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Ripley 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 Ripley County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,717+0.4% since 2020
Households
4,002
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$42,037+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$55,178
Median home value
$119,600
Jobs located here
2,749
Daytime population
8,959Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Ripley County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Charles County, MO75201.2$1.1M+4.9%#138 of 1,472
2Christian County, MO7251.4$966K+8.3%#195 of 1,472
3Jefferson County, MO7170.8$1.7M+2.7%#208 of 1,472
4Newton County, MO6752.3$698K+6.1%#309 of 1,472
5Greene County, MO66181.4$950K+3.3%#321 of 1,472
6Cass County, MO66112.5$598K+7.1%#336 of 1,472
7Platte County, MO6581.8$682K+6.7%#360 of 1,472
8Clay County, MO64171.7$737K+4.3%#381 of 1,472
9Taney County, MO6473.1$544K+1.7%#390 of 1,472
10St. Louis County, MO63671.6$913K−1.2%#394 of 1,472
Ripley County, MONot scored12.5$624K+0.4%

Other business types in Ripley County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Ripley County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 funeral home in Ripley County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Ripley County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Ripley County, MO spend on funerals?

About $624K a year, or $156 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 funeral home on map listings, it comes to $624K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,002 households in Ripley County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ripley County, MO compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Ripley County has 1 funeral home on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.

How fast is Ripley County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Ripley County at 10,717 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,002 households. The median household income in Ripley County is $42,037 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Ripley County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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