Funeral services · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Funeral homes in the Chambersburg, PA metro area
How the Chambersburg, PA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #138 of 377 scored metro areas
#4 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.5M
- On funerals · $165 a household
- Spending per listing
- $654K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,652
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the Chambersburg metro area comes to about $10.5M a year: $165 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 16 funeral homes, that is $654K per home, 4% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 16 funeral homes on map listings in the Chambersburg metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Chambersburg metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 7,939 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Chambersburg metro area grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Chambersburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #138 of 377 scored metro areas and #4 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.
How the Chambersburg metro area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Chambersburg metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $654K | $457K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,939 | 5,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $165 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $77,003 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Chambersburg metro 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 Chambersburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,652+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 63,510
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 772 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 204
- Median household income
- $77,003+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,696
- Median home value
- $249,800
- Jobs located here
- 56,990
- Daytime population
- 143,710Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gettysburg, PA | 60 | 10 | 2.4 | $706K | +3.6% | #123 of 377 |
| 2Lancaster, PA | 59 | 48 | 2.3 | $762K | +1.9% | #126 of 377 |
| 3York-Hanover, PA | 59 | 38 | 2.1 | $740K | +3.6% | #127 of 377 |
| 4Chambersburg, PA | 57 | 16 | 2.5 | $654K | +3.0% | #138 of 377 |
| 5Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 55 | 60 | 2.4 | $609K | +4.2% | #149 of 377 |
| 6Lebanon, PA | 54 | 15 | 2.6 | $656K | +2.2% | #152 of 377 |
| 7Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 44 | 585 | 2.4 | $600K | +1.4% | #215 of 377 |
| 8Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 43 | 100 | 2.9 | $547K | +3.0% | #228 of 377 |
| 9State College, PA | 42 | 12 | 2.0 | $714K | −0.4% | #230 of 377 |
| 10Reading, PA | 38 | 53 | 3.2 | $492K | +2.7% | #262 of 377 |
Other business types in the Chambersburg metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Chambersburg, PA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 funeral homes in the Chambersburg metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Chambersburg, PA metro area spend on funerals?
About $10.5M a year, or $165 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $654K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 63,510 households in the Chambersburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chambersburg, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Chambersburg metro area has 2.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $654K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Chambersburg metro area would have about 15, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,939 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Chambersburg, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chambersburg metro area at 160,652 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,510 households. The median household income in the Chambersburg metro area is $77,003 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. The Chambersburg metro area scores 57 for funeral homes (upper middle), #138 of 377 scored metro areas.
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