Funeral services · Small-town market · South Carolina
Funeral homes in the Murrells Inlet, SC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Murrells Inlet, SC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #99 of 365 scored small-town markets
#3 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.3M
- On funerals · $196 a household
- Spending per listing
- $332K
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,912
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 funeral homes in the Murrells Inlet area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 13%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Murrells Inlet area spend about $5.3M a year on funerals, or $196 per household, 37% above the U.S. average. Spread across 16 funeral homes, that is $332K per home, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Murrells Inlet area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 4,522 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Murrells Inlet area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Murrells Inlet area is 64 (upper middle), #99 of 365 scored small-town markets and #3 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina.
How the Murrells Inlet area compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Murrells Inlet area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $332K | $509K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,522 | 7,730 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $196 | $142 | $143 |
| Median household income | $68,713 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Murrells Inlet 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 Murrells Inlet area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,912+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 27,129
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 814 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $68,713
- Average household income
- $100,202
- Median home value
- $289,500
- Jobs located here
- 25,133
- Daytime population
- 61,754Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seneca, SC | 91 | 8 | 2.3 | $735K | +6.3% | #4 of 365 |
| 2Greenwood, SC | 66 | 12 | 3.2 | $503K | +1.7% | #88 of 365 |
| 3Murrells Inlet, SC | 64 | 16 | 5.9 | $332K | +3.8% | #99 of 365 |
| 4Gaffney, SC | 58 | 7 | 3.2 | $441K | +3.7% | #129 of 365 |
| 5Newberry, SC | 52 | 6 | 3.9 | $390K | +4.8% | #165 of 365 |
| 6Orangeburg, SC | 29 | 26 | 7.9 | $201K | −0.9% | #318 of 365 |
Other business types in the Murrells Inlet 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 Murrells Inlet, SC area?
There are 16 funeral homes on map listings in the Murrells Inlet area as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Murrells Inlet, SC area spend on funerals?
About $5.3M a year, or $196 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $332K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,129 households in the Murrells Inlet area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Murrells Inlet, SC area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Murrells Inlet area has 5.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $332K, 51% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Murrells Inlet area would have about 8, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,522 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Murrells Inlet, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Murrells Inlet area at 65,912 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,129 households. Median household income in the Murrells Inlet area is $68,713, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Murrells Inlet area scores 64 for funeral homes (upper middle), #99 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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