Funeral services · Small-town market · Missouri
Funeral homes in the Sikeston, MO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Sikeston, MO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #352 of 365 scored small-town markets
#11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 15
- 4 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.9M
- On funerals · $146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $193K
- 72% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 3.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,978
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Sikeston area is 16 (low), #352 of 365 scored small-town markets and #11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 funeral homes in the Sikeston area. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 3.6 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Sikeston area comes to about $2.9M a year: $146 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $193K of household spending for each home on map listings, 72% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Sikeston area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 1,651 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sikeston area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sikeston 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 | Sikeston area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $193K | $521K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,651 | 6,178 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $146 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $59,476 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 154 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Sikeston 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 Sikeston area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,978−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,809
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 832 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $59,476
- Average household income
- $77,543
- Median home value
- $143,300
- Jobs located here
- 18,301
- Daytime population
- 47,099Residents 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 Sikeston 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 |
| 11Sikeston, MO | 16 | 15 | 7.6 | $193K | −0.3% | #352 of 365 |
Other business types in the Sikeston 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 Sikeston, MO area?
The Sikeston area has 15 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Sikeston, MO area spend on funerals?
About $2.9M a year, or $146 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $193K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,809 households in the Sikeston area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sikeston, MO area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Sikeston area has 7.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.6 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $193K, 72% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Sikeston area would have about 4, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,651 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sikeston, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Sikeston area at 49,978 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,809 households. Median household income in the Sikeston area is $59,476, 26% 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 Sikeston area scores 16 for funeral homes (low), #352 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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