Funeral services · Small-town market · Missouri
Funeral homes in the Sedalia, MO area
How the Sedalia, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #217 of 365 scored small-town markets
#5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.4M
- On funerals · $144 a household
- Spending per listing
- $305K
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,254
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in the Sedalia area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.7, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Sedalia area spend about $2.4M a year on funerals, or $144 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $305K per home, 55% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sedalia area in 2023. That is one for every 4,249 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $394K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sedalia area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sedalia area grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Sedalia area is 44 (lower middle), #217 of 365 scored small-town markets and #5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Sedalia area 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 | Sedalia area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $305K | $521K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,249 | 6,178 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $144 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $60,430 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $947K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- 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
- $394K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sedalia 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 Sedalia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,254+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 16,996
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 682 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $60,430+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,820
- Median home value
- $166,300
- Jobs located here
- 20,518
- Daytime population
- 44,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sedalia area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Branson, MO | 81 | 7 | 3.1 | $544K | +1.7% | #26 of 365 |
| 2Rolla, MO | 61 | 6 | 3.5 | $422K | +1.6% | #112 of 365 |
| 3Hannibal, MO | 54 | 6 | 3.9 | $405K | +0.4% | #153 of 365 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 46 | 16 | 5.1 | $314K | −2.0% | #202 of 365 |
| 4Mexico, MO | 44 | 5 | 5.4 | $310K | −1.0% | #216 of 365 |
| 5Sedalia, MO | 44 | 8 | 4.7 | $305K | +2.9% | #217 of 365 |
| 6Warrensburg, MO | 42 | 7 | 3.3 | $344K | +4.9% | #226 of 365 |
| 7Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 40 | 5 | 3.0 | $381K | +0.8% | #242 of 365 |
| 8Farmington, MO | 40 | 14 | 5.6 | $265K | +2.1% | #247 of 365 |
| 9Poplar Bluff, MO | 39 | 8 | 4.8 | $311K | −0.4% | #252 of 365 |
Other business types in the Sedalia 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 Sedalia, MO area?
There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in the Sedalia area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Sedalia, MO area spend on funerals?
About $2.4M a year, or $144 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $305K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,996 households in the Sedalia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sedalia, MO area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Sedalia area has 4.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $305K, 55% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Sedalia area would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,249 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sedalia, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Sedalia area at 44,254 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,996 households. Median household income in the Sedalia area is $60,430, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. 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 Sedalia area scores 44 for funeral homes (lower middle), #217 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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