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Funeral homes in Lehigh County, PA
How Lehigh County, PA 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #486 of 1,472 scored counties
#13 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 37
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $22.2M
- On funerals · $154 a household
- Spending per listing
- $601K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 384,383
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 funeral homes in Lehigh County. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Lehigh County spend about $22.2M a year on funerals, or $154 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $601K of household spending for each home on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Lehigh County was 24 in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 6,016 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Lehigh County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lehigh County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Lehigh County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #486 of 1,472 scored counties and #13 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Lehigh 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 | Lehigh County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $601K | $457K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,016 | 5,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.1% | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $154 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $80,079 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 24+9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 372 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Lehigh 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 Lehigh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 384,383+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 144,386
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,097
- Median household income
- $80,079+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,753
- Median home value
- $300,400
- Jobs located here
- 215,511
- Daytime population
- 411,839Residents 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 |
| 13Lehigh County, PA | 60 | 37 | 2.6 | $601K | +2.7% | #486 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Lehigh County
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 Lehigh County, PA?
There are 37 funeral homes on map listings in Lehigh County as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Lehigh County, PA spend on funerals?
About $22.2M a year, or $154 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $601K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 144,386 households in Lehigh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lehigh County, PA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Lehigh County has 2.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $601K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Lehigh County would have about 33, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,016 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Lehigh County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lehigh County at 384,383 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 144,386 households. Median household income in Lehigh County is $80,079, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Lehigh County scores 60 for funeral homes (upper middle), #486 of 1,472 scored counties.
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