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Funeral homes in the Syracuse, NY metro area
The funeral homes in the Syracuse, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #356 of 377 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 89
- 8 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $39.4M
- On funerals · $145 a household
- Spending per listing
- $443K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 652,273
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Syracuse metro area is 21 (low), #356 of 377 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 funeral homes in the Syracuse metro area. 8 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Syracuse metro area comes to about $39.4M a year: $145 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $443K of household spending for each home on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Syracuse metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 4,597 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Syracuse metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Syracuse metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Syracuse metro area 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 | Syracuse metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $443K | $684K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,597 | 7,502 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $145 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $75,492 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 590.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 246
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 898 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Syracuse metro area, 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 the Syracuse metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 652,273−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 271,251
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,360
- Median home value
- $187,700
- Jobs located here
- 309,260
- Daytime population
- 669,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 61 | 1,299 | 1.8 | $866K | +0.6% | #116 of 377 |
| 2Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 51 | 59 | 2.3 | $652K | +3.0% | #169 of 377 |
| 3Kingston, NY | 45 | 20 | 2.7 | $616K | +1.1% | #208 of 377 |
| 4Rochester, NY | 39 | 107 | 2.4 | $616K | −0.7% | #251 of 377 |
| 5Ithaca, NY | 35 | 9 | 2.1 | $581K | −1.4% | #279 of 377 |
| 6Glens Falls, NY | 34 | 15 | 2.7 | $599K | −1.9% | #282 of 377 |
| 7Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 28 | 113 | 2.9 | $480K | +1.9% | #323 of 377 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 27 | 35 | 3.4 | $482K | −1.3% | #330 of 377 |
| 9Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 26 | 149 | 3.0 | $487K | −0.8% | #334 of 377 |
| 10Elmira, NY | 22 | 12 | 3.4 | $444K | −3.9% | #352 of 377 |
| 11Syracuse, NY | 21 | 89 | 3.3 | $443K | −1.3% | #356 of 377 |
Other business types in the Syracuse metro area
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 the Syracuse, NY metro area?
There are 89 funeral homes on map listings in the Syracuse metro area as of September 2026. 8 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Syracuse, NY metro area spend on funerals?
About $39.4M a year, or $145 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $443K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Syracuse, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Syracuse metro area has 3.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $443K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Syracuse metro area would have about 58, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,597 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. The Syracuse metro area scores 21 for funeral homes (low), #356 of 377 scored metro areas.
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