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Funeral homes in Cass County, ND

How Cass County, ND 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 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #115 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 4 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.4M
On funerals · $100 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
71% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,794
+9.1% since 2020

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What this means

For funeral homes, Cass County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #115 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 4 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.

At $100 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Cass County spend about $8.4M a year on funerals. That works out to $1.7M per home, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $679K.

There are 5 funeral homes on map listings in Cass County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cass County in 2023. That is one for every 20,986 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 Cass County. Population estimates put the population change in Cass County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cass County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Cass County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.62.62.1
Spending per listing$1.7M$502K$679K
Households per official establishment20,9867,5248,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.4%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$100$130$143
Median household income$75,555$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score7632

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,794+9.1% since 2020
Households
83,945
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,765 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$75,555+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,789
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
131,603
Daytime population
221,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for funeral homes, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Cass County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, ND7650.6$1.7M+9.1%#115 of 1,472
2Burleigh County, ND7551.2$1.2M+4.7%#134 of 1,472
3Grand Forks County, ND4951.6$690K+1.9%#714 of 1,472
4Morton County, ND3564.3$300K+3.8%#1,108 of 1,472

Other business types in Cass County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Cass County, ND?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in Cass County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Cass County, ND spend on funerals?

About $8.4M a year, or $100 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,945 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, ND compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Cass County has 0.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.7M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cass County would have about 12, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,986 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 201,794 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,945 households. The median household income in Cass County is $75,555 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. Cass County scores 76 for funeral homes (high), #115 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Cass County

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