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Funeral homes in Schuylkill County, PA
The funeral homes in Schuylkill County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,139 of 1,472 scored counties
#50 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 43
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On funerals · $164 a household
- Spending per listing
- $222K
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 3.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,085
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Schuylkill County is 34 (lower middle), #1,139 of 1,472 scored counties and #50 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 funeral homes in Schuylkill County. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $164 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Schuylkill County spend about $9.5M a year on funerals. Spread across 43 funeral homes, that is $222K per home, 67% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Schuylkill County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 3,222 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Schuylkill County. Population estimates show Schuylkill County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Schuylkill 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 | Schuylkill County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $222K | $457K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,222 | 5,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $164 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $68,313 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 431 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,085+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 57,988
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 779 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 184
- Median household income
- $68,313+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,756
- Median home value
- $153,000
- Jobs located here
- 51,690
- Daytime population
- 129,785Residents 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 |
| 50Schuylkill County, PA | 34 | 43 | 7.4 | $222K | +1.5% | #1,139 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County, PA?
There are 43 funeral homes on map listings in Schuylkill County as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Schuylkill County, PA spend on funerals?
About $9.5M a year, or $164 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $222K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,988 households in Schuylkill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Schuylkill County, PA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Schuylkill County has 7.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $222K, 67% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Schuylkill County would have about 14, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,222 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Schuylkill County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Schuylkill County at 145,085 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,988 households. Median household income in Schuylkill County is $68,313, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. Schuylkill County scores 34 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,139 of 1,472 scored counties.
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