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Funeral homes in Dutchess County, NY
The funeral homes in Dutchess County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #281 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 58 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 23
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.6M
- On funerals · $160 a household
- Spending per listing
- $809K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 300,708
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 funeral homes in Dutchess County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Dutchess County comes to about $18.6M a year: $160 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 23 funeral homes, that is $809K per home, 19% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Dutchess County in 2023. That is one for every 7,267 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Dutchess County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dutchess County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Dutchess County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #281 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 58 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Dutchess 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 | Dutchess County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $809K | $684K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,267 | 7,502 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $160 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $99,478 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 300,708+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 116,275
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 375
- Median household income
- $99,478+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,997
- Median home value
- $400,600
- Jobs located here
- 112,196
- Daytime population
- 274,540Residents 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 |
Other business types in Dutchess County
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 Dutchess County, NY?
There are 23 funeral homes on map listings in Dutchess County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Dutchess County, NY spend on funerals?
About $18.6M a year, or $160 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $809K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 116,275 households in Dutchess County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dutchess County, NY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Dutchess County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $809K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Dutchess County would have about 27, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,267 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Dutchess County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Dutchess County at 300,708 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,275 households. Median household income in Dutchess County is $99,478, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Dutchess County scores 68 for funeral homes (upper middle), #281 of 1,472 scored counties.
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