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Funeral homes in Atlantic County, NJ
How Atlantic County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #501 of 1,472 scored counties
#14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 25
- 3 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.8M
- On funerals · $153 a household
- Spending per listing
- $671K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 278,657
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 funeral homes in Atlantic County. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Atlantic County comes to about $16.8M a year: $153 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $671K of household spending for each home on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Atlantic County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 5,766 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $180K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Atlantic County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Atlantic County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Atlantic County is 59 (upper middle), #501 of 1,472 scored counties and #14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Atlantic County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Atlantic County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $671K | $680K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,766 | 7,847 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $153 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $78,050 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 253 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $180K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Atlantic 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 Atlantic County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 278,657+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 109,557
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 556 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 497
- Median household income
- $78,050+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,343
- Median home value
- $295,000
- Jobs located here
- 123,257
- Daytime population
- 268,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ocean County, NJ | 78 | 55 | 2.3 | $866K | +5.6% | #92 of 1,472 |
| 2Morris County, NJ | 77 | 39 | 2.0 | $830K | +3.2% | #113 of 1,472 |
| 3Burlington County, NJ | 75 | 39 | 2.2 | $721K | +4.3% | #154 of 1,472 |
| 4Somerset County, NJ | 73 | 19 | 1.5 | $1.1M | +3.5% | #178 of 1,472 |
| 5Sussex County, NJ | 71 | 10 | 1.7 | $840K | +2.9% | #221 of 1,472 |
| 6Bergen County, NJ | 70 | 71 | 2.0 | $839K | +2.4% | #234 of 1,472 |
| 7Middlesex County, NJ | 69 | 57 | 1.9 | $804K | +2.6% | #257 of 1,472 |
| 8Monmouth County, NJ | 69 | 55 | 2.2 | $728K | +1.4% | #264 of 1,472 |
| 9Cape May County, NJ | 66 | 9 | 2.0 | $867K | −1.7% | #325 of 1,472 |
| 10Essex County, NJ | 66 | 56 | 1.8 | $749K | +4.2% | #329 of 1,472 |
| 14Atlantic County, NJ | 59 | 25 | 2.3 | $671K | +1.6% | #501 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Atlantic County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Atlantic County, NJ?
Atlantic County has 25 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Atlantic County, NJ spend on funerals?
About $16.8M a year, or $153 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $671K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 109,557 households in Atlantic County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Atlantic County, NJ compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Atlantic County has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $671K, in line with the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,766 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Atlantic County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Atlantic County at 278,657 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 109,557 households. Median household income in Atlantic County is $78,050, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.7%, 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. Atlantic County scores 59 for funeral homes (upper middle), #501 of 1,472 scored counties.
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