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Funeral homes in Seneca County, OH
How Seneca County, OH 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,173 of 1,472 scored counties
#59 of 80 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On funerals · $143 a household
- Spending per listing
- $398K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,522
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Seneca County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #1,173 of 1,472 scored counties and #59 of 80 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 funeral homes in Seneca County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Seneca County spend about $3.2M a year on funerals, or $143 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $398K of household spending for each home on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Seneca County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 3,183 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Seneca County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Seneca 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 | Seneca County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $398K | $507K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,183 | 6,203 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $143 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,025 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 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 Seneca 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 Seneca County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,522−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,279
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 551 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $66,025+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,475
- Median home value
- $154,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,247
- Daytime population
- 47,872Residents 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 |
| 59Seneca County, OH | 32 | 8 | 3.6 | $398K | −1.0% | #1,173 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Seneca County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Seneca County, OH?
Seneca County has 8 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Seneca County, OH spend on funerals?
About $3.2M a year, or $143 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $398K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,279 households in Seneca County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Seneca County, OH compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Seneca County has 3.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $398K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Seneca County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,183 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Seneca County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Seneca County at 54,522 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,279 households. Median household income in Seneca County is $66,025, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Seneca County scores 32 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,173 of 1,472 scored counties.
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