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Funeral homes in Walsh County, ND

How Walsh County, ND 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
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$829K
On funerals · $188 a household
Spending per listing
$415K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,179
−3.3% 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

Household spending on funerals in Walsh County comes to about $829K a year: $188 per household, 32% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 funeral homes, that is $415K per home.

Walsh County has 2 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Walsh County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Walsh County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Walsh County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Walsh 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 Walsh County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWalsh CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.52.62.1
Spending per listing$415K$502K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a7,5248,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.4%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$188$130$143
Median household income$71,944$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored32

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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Walsh 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 Walsh County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,179−3.3% since 2020
Households
4,400
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,282 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$71,944+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,230
Median home value
$132,700
Jobs located here
4,797
Daytime population
10,251Residents 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 Walsh 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
Walsh County, NDNot scored24.5$415K−3.3%

Other business types in Walsh County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Walsh County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 funeral homes in Walsh County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Walsh County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $829K a year, or $188 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $415K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,400 households in Walsh County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Walsh County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Walsh County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Walsh County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Walsh County at 10,179 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,400 households. The median household income in Walsh County is $71,944 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Walsh 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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