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Funeral homes in Nassau County, NY
How Nassau 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #231 of 1,472 scored counties
#4 of 58 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 91
- 8 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $87.7M
- On funerals · $191 a household
- Spending per listing
- $963K
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,398,939
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Nassau County comes to about $87.7M a year: $191 per household, 34% above the U.S. average. That is about $963K of household spending for each home on map listings, 42% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 91 funeral homes on map listings in Nassau County as of September 2026. 8 of them (9%) 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 79 businesses with payroll in Nassau County classed as funeral homes and funeral services, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 5,800 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.3M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Nassau County.
Population estimates put the population change in Nassau County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Nassau County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #231 of 1,472 scored counties and #4 of 58 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Nassau 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 | Nassau County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $963K | $684K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,800 | 7,502 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $191 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $146,202 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80 → 79−1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 513
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 918 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 129The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Nassau 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 Nassau County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,398,939+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 458,166
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 285 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,884
- Median household income
- $146,202+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $191,703
- Median home value
- $684,700
- Jobs located here
- 639,475
- Daytime population
- 1,328,680Residents 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 Nassau 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 Nassau County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 91 funeral homes in Nassau County. 8 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Nassau County, NY spend on funerals?
About $87.7M a year, or $191 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $963K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 458,166 households in Nassau County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nassau County, NY compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Nassau County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $963K, 42% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Nassau County would have about 129, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,800 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Nassau County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Nassau County at 1,398,939 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 458,166 households. The median household income in Nassau County is $146,202 a year, 81% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Nassau County scores 70 for funeral homes (upper middle), #231 of 1,472 scored counties.
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