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Funeral services · Small-town market · Ohio

Funeral homes in the Norwalk, OH area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #186 of 365 scored small-town markets
#12 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.3M
On funerals · $140 a household
Spending per listing
$366K
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
81% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
58,250
−0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 funeral homes in the Norwalk area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 22%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 81% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $140 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Norwalk area spend about $3.3M a year on funerals. That works out to $366K per home, 46% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Norwalk area in 2023. That is one for every 5,873 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Norwalk area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, the Norwalk area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #186 of 365 scored small-town markets and #12 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Norwalk area 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.

Funeral homes in Norwalk, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureNorwalk areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.82.82.1
Spending per listing$366K$507K$679K
Households per official establishment5,8736,2038,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.0%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$140$140$143
Median household income$67,878$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4930

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$996K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Norwalk 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 Norwalk area

Population, 2025 estimate
58,250−0.4% since 2020
Households
23,490
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
492 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$67,878+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,729
Median home value
$166,000
Jobs located here
21,670
Daytime population
52,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Ohio

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Norwalk area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mount Vernon, OH6983.4$475K+1.9%#70 of 365
2Greenville, OH6883.8$441K−0.7%#78 of 365
3Wilmington, OH6753.0$510K+0.6%#80 of 365
4Ashland, OH6783.9$417K+0.1%#84 of 365
5Findlay, OH6582.5$562K+0.1%#92 of 365
6Wooster, OH64143.2$489K−0.1%#94 of 365
7Chillicothe, OH6062.0$710K−0.8%#116 of 365
8Celina, OH5963.7$438K+0.5%#123 of 365
9Marion, OH5793.6$422K−0.4%#134 of 365
10Sidney, OH5463.2$454K−0.2%#151 of 365
12Norwalk, OH4993.8$366K−0.4%#186 of 365

Other business types in the Norwalk area

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Norwalk, OH area?

There are 9 funeral homes on map listings in the Norwalk area as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) 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 the Norwalk, OH area spend on funerals?

About $3.3M a year, or $140 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $366K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,490 households in the Norwalk area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Norwalk, OH area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Norwalk area has 3.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $366K, 46% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Norwalk area would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,873 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the Norwalk, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Norwalk area at 58,250 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,490 households. Median household income in the Norwalk area is $67,878, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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 Norwalk area scores 49 for funeral homes (lower middle), #186 of 365 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in the Norwalk area

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