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Funeral homes in Ashtabula County, OH
The funeral homes in Ashtabula County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,122 of 1,472 scored counties
#57 of 80 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 18
- 3 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6M
- On funerals · $153 a household
- Spending per listing
- $333K
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,713
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Ashtabula County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,122 of 1,472 scored counties and #57 of 80 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ashtabula County spend about $6M a year on funerals, or $153 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $333K of household spending for each home on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 18 funeral homes on map listings in Ashtabula County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Ashtabula County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 3,568 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ashtabula County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ashtabula County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ashtabula County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Ashtabula County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $333K | $507K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,568 | 6,203 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $153 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $57,728 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 77
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 183 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,713−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 39,245
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 702 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 138
- Median household income
- $57,728+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,486
- Median home value
- $159,500
- Jobs located here
- 28,465
- Daytime population
- 87,281Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 80 | 9 | 1.1 | $1.2M | +12.5% | #69 of 1,472 |
| 2Fairfield County, OH | 75 | 7 | 1.2 | $1.3M | +6.5% | #131 of 1,472 |
| 3Warren County, OH | 71 | 11 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +5.7% | #214 of 1,472 |
| 4Portage County, OH | 70 | 6 | 0.9 | $1.5M | +1.0% | #227 of 1,472 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 69 | 15 | 1.8 | $778K | +3.9% | #259 of 1,472 |
| 6Medina County, OH | 69 | 15 | 2.1 | $745K | +1.3% | #262 of 1,472 |
| 7Geauga County, OH | 68 | 8 | 2.2 | $861K | +0.3% | #279 of 1,472 |
| 8Licking County, OH | 66 | 15 | 2.2 | $672K | +3.8% | #331 of 1,472 |
| 9Greene County, OH | 64 | 12 | 1.8 | $801K | +3.7% | #374 of 1,472 |
| 10Lorain County, OH | 63 | 32 | 2.5 | $618K | +3.1% | #417 of 1,472 |
| 57Ashtabula County, OH | 34 | 18 | 4.6 | $333K | −0.8% | #1,122 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Ashtabula County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Ashtabula County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 funeral homes in Ashtabula County. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Ashtabula County, OH spend on funerals?
About $6M a year, or $153 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $333K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,245 households in Ashtabula County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashtabula County, OH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Ashtabula County has 4.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $333K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Ashtabula County would have about 9, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,568 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Ashtabula County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ashtabula County at 96,713 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 39,245 households. The median household income in Ashtabula County is $57,728 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Ashtabula County scores 34 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,122 of 1,472 scored counties.
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