Funeral services · County · North Dakota
Funeral homes in Morton County, ND
How Morton 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,108 of 1,472 scored counties
#4 of 4 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.8M
- On funerals · $129 a household
- Spending per listing
- $300K
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,601
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Morton County is 35 (lower middle), #1,108 of 1,472 scored counties and #4 of 4 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Morton County spend about $1.8M a year on funerals, or $129 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $300K per home, 56% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Morton County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Morton County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Morton County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Morton 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.
| Measure | Morton County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $300K | $502K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,524 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $129 | $130 | $143 |
| Median household income | $79,382 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 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 Morton 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 Morton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,601+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 13,946
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 1,926 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $79,382+12.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,606
- Median home value
- $263,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,613
- Daytime population
- 28,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Morton 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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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, ND | 76 | 5 | 0.6 | $1.7M | +9.1% | #115 of 1,472 |
| 2Burleigh County, ND | 75 | 5 | 1.2 | $1.2M | +4.7% | #134 of 1,472 |
| 3Grand Forks County, ND | 49 | 5 | 1.6 | $690K | +1.9% | #714 of 1,472 |
| 4Morton County, ND | 35 | 6 | 4.3 | $300K | +3.8% | #1,108 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Morton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Morton County, ND?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Morton County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Morton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Morton County, ND spend on funerals?
About $1.8M a year, or $129 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $300K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,946 households in Morton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morton County, ND compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Morton County has 4.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $300K, 56% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Morton County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Morton County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Morton County at 34,601 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,946 households. The median household income in Morton County is $79,382 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.5% 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. Morton County scores 35 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,108 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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