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Funeral services · Small-town market · North Dakota

Funeral homes in the Wahpeton, ND-MN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Wahpeton, ND-MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #292 of 365 scored small-town markets
The only scored small-town market based in North Dakota

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.5M
On funerals · $157 a household
Spending per listing
$249K
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,019
0.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For funeral homes, the Wahpeton area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #292 of 365 scored small-town markets and the only scored small-town market based in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in the Wahpeton area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in the Wahpeton area comes to about $1.5M a year: $157 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $249K of household spending for each home on map listings, 63% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Wahpeton area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show the Wahpeton area held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Wahpeton area 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 Wahpeton, ND-MN area compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWahpeton areaNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.32.62.1
Spending per listing$249K$502K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a7,5248,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.4%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$157$130$143
Median household income$73,734$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score3432

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
2The 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 the Wahpeton 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 Wahpeton area

Population, 2025 estimate
23,0190.0% since 2020
Households
9,504
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,187 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$73,734+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,848
Median home value
$183,300
Jobs located here
9,601
Daytime population
21,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Wahpeton area

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Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Wahpeton, ND-MN area?

The Wahpeton area has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 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 the Wahpeton area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Wahpeton, ND-MN area spend on funerals?

About $1.5M a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $249K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,504 households in the Wahpeton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Wahpeton, ND-MN area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Wahpeton area has 6.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $249K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Wahpeton area would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the Wahpeton, ND-MN area growing?

Population estimates put the Wahpeton area at 23,019 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,504 households. Median household income in the Wahpeton area is $73,734, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Wahpeton area scores 34 for funeral homes (lower middle), #292 of 365 scored small-town markets.

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