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Funeral homes in Greene County, NY

How Greene County, NY 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #684 of 1,472 scored counties
#20 of 58 scored counties in New York

Listings
7
2 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.7M
On funerals · $196 a household
Spending per listing
$523K
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
76% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
47,238
−1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in Greene County comes to about $3.7M a year: $196 per household, 37% above the U.S. average. That is about $523K of household spending for each home on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Greene County has 7 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Greene County in 2023. That is one for every 3,735 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Greene County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Greene County is 51 (upper middle), #684 of 1,472 scored counties and #20 of 58 scored counties in New York.

How Greene 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.

Funeral homes in Greene County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.72.22.1
Spending per listing$523K$684K$679K
Households per official establishment3,7357,5028,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.7%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$196$151$143
Median household income$77,945$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5150

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$706K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
72 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 Greene 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 Greene County

Population, 2025 estimate
47,238−1.1% since 2020
Households
18,674
Median age
47.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
647 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$77,945+45.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,545
Median home value
$271,600
Jobs located here
14,070
Daytime population
41,066Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for funeral homes, numbered among those based in New York, with Greene County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rockland County, NY81242.3$776K+5.9%#61 of 1,472
2Richmond County, NY74301.8$913K+1.3%#165 of 1,472
3Queens County, NY731171.4$1.2M−1.1%#177 of 1,472
4Nassau County, NY70912.0$963K+0.6%#231 of 1,472
5Dutchess County, NY68232.0$809K+1.5%#281 of 1,472
6Suffolk County, NY681152.3$768K+1.6%#283 of 1,472
7Westchester County, NY66932.5$679K+1.4%#330 of 1,472
8New York County, NY65751.0$1.3M−1.3%#347 of 1,472
9Putnam County, NY6392.5$657K+1.4%#410 of 1,472
10Bronx County, NY62460.9$1.5M−3.8%#428 of 1,472
20Greene County, NY5173.7$523K−1.1%#684 of 1,472

Other business types in Greene County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Greene County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 funeral homes in Greene County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Greene County, NY spend on funerals?

About $3.7M a year, or $196 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $523K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,674 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greene County, NY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Greene County has 3.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $523K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Greene County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,735 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Greene County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 47,238 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,674 households. The median household income in Greene County is $77,945 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.4% 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. Greene County scores 51 for funeral homes (upper middle), #684 of 1,472 scored counties.

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