Funeral services · County · North Carolina
Funeral homes in Polk County, NC
How Polk County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2M
- On funerals · $227 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 20,533
- +6.0% since 2020
See the funeral homes around any address in Polk County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 funeral homes in Polk County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.
At $227 per household (59% above the U.S. average), households in Polk County spend about $2M a year on funerals. Spread across 2 funeral homes, that is $1M per home.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 2,992 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Polk County grew 6.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Polk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Polk County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Polk County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $582K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,992 | 8,267 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $227 | $135 | $143 |
| Median household income | $67,758 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $208K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,533+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,976
- Median age
- 53.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $67,758+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,279
- Median home value
- $315,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,495
- Daytime population
- 17,071Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Polk County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for funeral homes, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Polk County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brunswick County, NC | 94 | 11 | 1.6 | $1.1M | +26.5% | #14 of 1,472 |
| 2Henderson County, NC | 90 | 7 | 1.4 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #23 of 1,472 |
| 3Chatham County, NC | 89 | 7 | 2.1 | $861K | +11.0% | #27 of 1,472 |
| 4Lincoln County, NC | 82 | 6 | 1.6 | $927K | +13.2% | #50 of 1,472 |
| 5Carteret County, NC | 78 | 7 | 2.2 | $763K | +4.1% | #93 of 1,472 |
| 6Burke County, NC | 75 | 6 | 1.7 | $1M | +1.6% | #145 of 1,472 |
| 7Iredell County, NC | 75 | 13 | 1.7 | $803K | +12.9% | #150 of 1,472 |
| 8Buncombe County, NC | 75 | 23 | 2.3 | $784K | +2.9% | #151 of 1,472 |
| 9Wake County, NC | 73 | 49 | 1.1 | $1M | +11.2% | #180 of 1,472 |
| 10Davidson County, NC | 72 | 11 | 1.6 | $930K | +6.6% | #196 of 1,472 |
| Polk County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 2.2 | $1M | +6.0% |
Other business types in Polk County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Polk County, NC?
Polk County has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Polk County, NC spend on funerals?
About $2M a year, or $227 per household. That is 59% above the U.S. average (an index of 159, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,976 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, NC compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Polk County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Polk County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,992 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 20,533 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,976 households. Median household income in Polk County is $67,758, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.9%, 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. Polk County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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