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Funeral homes in Susquehanna County, PA
How Susquehanna 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #768 of 1,472 scored counties
#24 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8M
- On funerals · $182 a household
- Spending per listing
- $354K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,237
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $182 per household (28% above the U.S. average), households in Susquehanna County spend about $2.8M a year on funerals. Spread across 8 funeral homes, that is $354K per home, 48% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Susquehanna County has 8 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Susquehanna County in 2023. That is one for every 5,172 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Susquehanna County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, Susquehanna County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #768 of 1,472 scored counties and #24 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Susquehanna 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 | Susquehanna County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $354K | $457K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,172 | 5,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $182 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $68,487 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $369K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,237−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,517
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 824 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $68,487+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,074
- Median home value
- $216,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,011
- Daytime population
- 29,767Residents 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 |
| 24Susquehanna County, PA | 48 | 8 | 5.2 | $354K | −0.3% | #768 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in Susquehanna County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Susquehanna County, PA spend on funerals?
About $2.8M a year, or $182 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $354K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,517 households in Susquehanna County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Susquehanna County, PA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Susquehanna County has 5.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $354K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Susquehanna County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,172 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Susquehanna County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Susquehanna County at 38,237 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,517 households. The median household income in Susquehanna County is $68,487 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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. Susquehanna County scores 48 for funeral homes (lower middle), #768 of 1,472 scored counties.
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