Funeral services · County · Pennsylvania
Funeral homes in Elk County, PA
How Elk County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.3M
- On funerals · $172 a household
- Spending per listing
- $573K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,926
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Elk County comes to about $2.3M a year: $172 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $573K per home, 16% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Elk County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 43% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Elk County in 2023. That is one for every 4,442 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Elk County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Elk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Elk 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.
| Measure | Elk County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $573K | $457K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,442 | 5,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $172 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,380 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $244K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Elk 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 Elk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,926−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,325
- Median age
- 47.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 827 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $66,380+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,773
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,876
- Daytime population
- 29,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cumberland County, PA | 75 | 22 | 2.1 | $780K | +6.5% | #152 of 1,472 |
| 2Chester County, PA | 72 | 42 | 2.1 | $739K | +4.2% | #203 of 1,472 |
| 3Adams County, PA | 72 | 10 | 2.4 | $706K | +3.6% | #206 of 1,472 |
| 4Lancaster County, PA | 71 | 48 | 2.3 | $762K | +1.9% | #224 of 1,472 |
| 5Monroe County, PA | 70 | 9 | 1.5 | $1.1M | −0.7% | #228 of 1,472 |
| 6Franklin County, PA | 70 | 16 | 2.5 | $654K | +3.0% | #238 of 1,472 |
| 7Bucks County, PA | 69 | 54 | 2.2 | $788K | +0.3% | #258 of 1,472 |
| 8Lebanon County, PA | 69 | 15 | 2.6 | $656K | +2.2% | #267 of 1,472 |
| 9York County, PA | 68 | 38 | 2.1 | $740K | +3.6% | #289 of 1,472 |
| 10Montgomery County, PA | 67 | 83 | 2.5 | $653K | +2.4% | #312 of 1,472 |
| Elk County, PA | Not scored | 4 | 3.0 | $573K | −3.3% |
Other business types in Elk County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Elk County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Elk County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Elk County, PA spend on funerals?
About $2.3M a year, or $172 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $573K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,325 households in Elk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elk County, PA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Elk County has 3.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $573K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Elk County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,442 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Elk County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Elk County at 29,926 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,325 households. The median household income in Elk County is $66,380 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Elk County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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