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Funeral homes in Marion County, OR
How Marion County, OR 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 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #89 of 1,472 scored counties
#4 of 14 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.8M
- On funerals · $149 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 355,777
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Marion County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #89 of 1,472 scored counties and #4 of 14 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 funeral homes in Marion County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 38% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Marion County spend about $18.8M a year on funerals, or $149 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each home on map listings, 63% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Marion County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 18,124 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Marion County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Marion County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 18,124 | 13,531 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $149 | $145 | $143 |
| Median household income | $77,351 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 355,777+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 126,870
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,181 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 296
- Median household income
- $77,351+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,449
- Median home value
- $416,400
- Jobs located here
- 170,733
- Daytime population
- 368,513Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Deschutes County, OR | 83 | 10 | 1.2 | $1.3M | +6.8% | #45 of 1,472 |
| 2Josephine County, OR | 80 | 5 | 1.4 | $1.4M | −0.4% | #68 of 1,472 |
| 3Jackson County, OR | 78 | 14 | 1.5 | $1.2M | −0.9% | #88 of 1,472 |
| 4Marion County, OR | 78 | 17 | 1.3 | $1.1M | +2.7% | #89 of 1,472 |
| 5Linn County, OR | 78 | 8 | 1.6 | $981K | +3.0% | #90 of 1,472 |
| 6Douglas County, OR | 78 | 10 | 2.1 | $894K | +0.6% | #91 of 1,472 |
| 7Clackamas County, OR | 75 | 24 | 1.5 | $1.1M | +0.9% | #139 of 1,472 |
| 8Lane County, OR | 73 | 19 | 1.2 | $1.3M | −0.7% | #173 of 1,472 |
| 9Washington County, OR | 67 | 26 | 1.1 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #299 of 1,472 |
| 10Umatilla County, OR | 63 | 6 | 2.1 | $698K | +1.5% | #406 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Marion County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Marion County, OR?
There are 17 funeral homes on map listings in Marion County 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 Marion County, OR spend on funerals?
About $18.8M a year, or $149 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 126,870 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, OR compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Marion County has 1.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.1M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Marion County would have about 28, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,124 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 355,777 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,870 households. Median household income in Marion County is $77,351, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.7%, 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. Marion County scores 78 for funeral homes (high), #89 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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