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Funeral homes in Crawford County, PA

The funeral homes in Crawford County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,105 of 1,472 scored counties
#47 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
18
3 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On funerals · $170 a household
Spending per listing
$319K
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
2.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,792
−2.4% since 2020

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What this means

For funeral homes, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,105 of 1,472 scored counties and #47 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 funeral homes in Crawford County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $170 per household (19% above the U.S. average), households in Crawford County spend about $5.7M a year on funerals. That works out to $319K per home, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Crawford County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 3,384 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates show Crawford County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Crawford County 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.

Funeral homes in Crawford County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.33.42.1
Spending per listing$319K$457K$679K
Households per official establishment3,3845,4618,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.6%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$170$154$143
Median household income$60,476$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score3528

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 10
Employees, 2023
34
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,792−2.4% since 2020
Households
33,838
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,012 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,870
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
28,045
Daytime population
77,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Crawford County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cumberland County, PA75222.1$780K+6.5%#152 of 1,472
2Chester County, PA72422.1$739K+4.2%#203 of 1,472
3Adams County, PA72102.4$706K+3.6%#206 of 1,472
4Lancaster County, PA71482.3$762K+1.9%#224 of 1,472
5Monroe County, PA7091.5$1.1M−0.7%#228 of 1,472
6Franklin County, PA70162.5$654K+3.0%#238 of 1,472
7Bucks County, PA69542.2$788K+0.3%#258 of 1,472
8Lebanon County, PA69152.6$656K+2.2%#267 of 1,472
9York County, PA68382.1$740K+3.6%#289 of 1,472
10Montgomery County, PA67832.5$653K+2.4%#312 of 1,472
47Crawford County, PA35185.3$319K−2.4%#1,105 of 1,472

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Crawford County, PA?

Crawford County has 18 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Crawford County, PA spend on funerals?

About $5.7M a year, or $170 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $319K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, PA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Crawford County has 5.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $319K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Crawford County would have about 9, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,384 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 35 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,105 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Crawford County

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