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Funeral homes in Chenango County, NY
The funeral homes in Chenango County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #981 of 1,472 scored counties
#35 of 58 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On funerals · $163 a household
- Spending per listing
- $360K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,715
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Chenango County spend about $3.2M a year on funerals, or $163 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $360K of household spending for each home on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Chenango County has 9 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Chenango County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 4,973 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Chenango County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, Chenango County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #981 of 1,472 scored counties and #35 of 58 scored counties in New York.
How Chenango County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Chenango County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $360K | $684K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,973 | 7,502 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $163 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $62,948 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $504K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Chenango 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 Chenango County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,715−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,890
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 893 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $62,948+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,321
- Median home value
- $137,900
- Jobs located here
- 17,111
- Daytime population
- 43,231Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rockland County, NY | 81 | 24 | 2.3 | $776K | +5.9% | #61 of 1,472 |
| 2Richmond County, NY | 74 | 30 | 1.8 | $913K | +1.3% | #165 of 1,472 |
| 3Queens County, NY | 73 | 117 | 1.4 | $1.2M | −1.1% | #177 of 1,472 |
| 4Nassau County, NY | 70 | 91 | 2.0 | $963K | +0.6% | #231 of 1,472 |
| 5Dutchess County, NY | 68 | 23 | 2.0 | $809K | +1.5% | #281 of 1,472 |
| 6Suffolk County, NY | 68 | 115 | 2.3 | $768K | +1.6% | #283 of 1,472 |
| 7Westchester County, NY | 66 | 93 | 2.5 | $679K | +1.4% | #330 of 1,472 |
| 8New York County, NY | 65 | 75 | 1.0 | $1.3M | −1.3% | #347 of 1,472 |
| 9Putnam County, NY | 63 | 9 | 2.5 | $657K | +1.4% | #410 of 1,472 |
| 10Bronx County, NY | 62 | 46 | 0.9 | $1.5M | −3.8% | #428 of 1,472 |
| 35Chenango County, NY | 40 | 9 | 4.5 | $360K | −2.9% | #981 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Chenango County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Chenango County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 funeral homes in Chenango County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Chenango County, NY spend on funerals?
About $3.2M a year, or $163 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $360K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,890 households in Chenango County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chenango County, NY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Chenango County has 4.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $360K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Chenango County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,973 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Chenango County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Chenango County at 45,715 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,890 households. The median household income in Chenango County is $62,948 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.1% 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. Chenango County scores 40 for funeral homes (lower middle), #981 of 1,472 scored counties.
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