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Funeral homes in Hunterdon County, NJ
How Hunterdon 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #361 of 1,472 scored counties
#12 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.6M
- On funerals · $169 a household
- Spending per listing
- $662K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,781
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Hunterdon County comes to about $8.6M a year: $169 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That works out to $662K per home, 2% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Hunterdon County has 13 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Hunterdon County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 5,651 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hunterdon County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Hunterdon County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #361 of 1,472 scored counties and #12 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hunterdon 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 | Hunterdon County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $662K | $680K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,651 | 7,847 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $169 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $141,715 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,781+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 50,860
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 304
- Median household income
- $141,715+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $185,175
- Median home value
- $517,200
- Jobs located here
- 48,352
- Daytime population
- 111,173Residents 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 |
| 12Hunterdon County, NJ | 65 | 13 | 2.6 | $662K | +2.3% | #361 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Hunterdon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Hunterdon County, NJ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 funeral homes in Hunterdon County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Hunterdon County, NJ spend on funerals?
About $8.6M a year, or $169 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $662K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,860 households in Hunterdon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hunterdon County, NJ compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Hunterdon County has 2.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $662K, 2% below 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 5,651 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Hunterdon County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Hunterdon County at 131,781 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,860 households. The median household income in Hunterdon County is $141,715 a year, 76% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. Hunterdon County scores 65 for funeral homes (upper middle), #361 of 1,472 scored counties.
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