Funeral services · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Funeral homes in the Williamsport, PA metro area
The funeral homes in the Williamsport, PA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #340 of 377 scored metro areas
#12 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.4M
- On funerals · $159 a household
- Spending per listing
- $438K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 112,587
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Williamsport metro area scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #340 of 377 scored metro areas and #12 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 funeral homes in the Williamsport metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Williamsport metro area comes to about $7.4M a year: $159 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $438K per home, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Williamsport metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,605 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Williamsport metro area declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Williamsport metro area 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 | Williamsport metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $438K | $457K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,605 | 5,461 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $159 | $154 | $143 |
| Median household income | $63,917 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 117
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 the Williamsport metro area, 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 the Williamsport metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 112,587−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 46,861
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $63,917+17.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,003
- Median home value
- $202,200
- Jobs located here
- 49,055
- Daytime population
- 110,643Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gettysburg, PA | 60 | 10 | 2.4 | $706K | +3.6% | #123 of 377 |
| 2Lancaster, PA | 59 | 48 | 2.3 | $762K | +1.9% | #126 of 377 |
| 3York-Hanover, PA | 59 | 38 | 2.1 | $740K | +3.6% | #127 of 377 |
| 4Chambersburg, PA | 57 | 16 | 2.5 | $654K | +3.0% | #138 of 377 |
| 5Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 55 | 60 | 2.4 | $609K | +4.2% | #149 of 377 |
| 6Lebanon, PA | 54 | 15 | 2.6 | $656K | +2.2% | #152 of 377 |
| 7Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 44 | 585 | 2.4 | $600K | +1.4% | #215 of 377 |
| 8Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 43 | 100 | 2.9 | $547K | +3.0% | #228 of 377 |
| 9State College, PA | 42 | 12 | 2.0 | $714K | −0.4% | #230 of 377 |
| 10Reading, PA | 38 | 53 | 3.2 | $492K | +2.7% | #262 of 377 |
| 12Williamsport, PA | 24 | 17 | 3.6 | $438K | −1.3% | #340 of 377 |
Other business types in the Williamsport metro area
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 the Williamsport, PA metro area?
The Williamsport metro area has 17 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Williamsport, PA metro area spend on funerals?
About $7.4M a year, or $159 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $438K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,861 households in the Williamsport metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Williamsport, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Williamsport metro area has 3.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $438K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Williamsport metro area would have about 11, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,605 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Williamsport, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Williamsport metro area at 112,587 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,861 households. Median household income in the Williamsport metro area is $63,917, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.8%, 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. The Williamsport metro area scores 24 for funeral homes (low), #340 of 377 scored metro areas.
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