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Funeral homes in Potter County, PA
How Potter 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
- $1.2M
- On funerals · $177 a household
- Spending per listing
- $309K
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,897
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Potter County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Potter County comes to about $1.2M a year: $177 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. Spread across 4 funeral homes, that is $309K per home, 55% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Potter County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,331 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Potter County declined 3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Potter County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Potter 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 | Potter County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $309K | $457K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,331 | 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 | $177 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $59,020 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $463K
- 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
- 2The 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 Potter 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 Potter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,897−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,992
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,081 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $59,020+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,370
- Median home value
- $153,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,811
- Daytime population
- 15,326Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Potter County?
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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 |
| Potter County, PA | Not scored | 4 | 5.7 | $309K | −3.0% |
Other business types in Potter 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
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Potter County, PA?
Potter County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Potter County, PA spend on funerals?
About $1.2M a year, or $177 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $309K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,992 households in Potter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Potter County, PA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Potter County has 5.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $309K, 55% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Potter County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,331 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Potter County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Potter County at 15,897 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,992 households. Median household income in Potter County is $59,020, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. Potter 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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