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Funeral homes in Lawrence County, SD

How Lawrence County, SD 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.9M
On funerals · $161 a household
Spending per listing
$970K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
29,459
+14.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on funerals in Lawrence County comes to about $1.9M a year: $161 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $970K of household spending for each home on map listings.

There are 2 funeral homes on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Lawrence County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lawrence County grew 14.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Lawrence County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lawrence County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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.

Funeral homes in Lawrence County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureLawrence CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.82.1
Spending per listing$970K$510K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a5,2988,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$161$141$143
Median household income$73,384$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,459+14.0% since 2020
Households
12,054
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
800 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$73,384+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,174
Median home value
$346,500
Jobs located here
13,155
Daytime population
27,824Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for funeral homes, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Lawrence County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pennington County, SD7671.5$977K+6.6%#122 of 1,472
2Minnehaha County, SD63131.5$707K+7.6%#403 of 1,472
Lawrence County, SDNot scored21.7$970K+14.0%

Other business types in Lawrence County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Funeral services

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Questions

How many funeral homes are in Lawrence County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 funeral homes in Lawrence County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Lawrence County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lawrence County, SD spend on funerals?

About $1.9M a year, or $161 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $970K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,054 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lawrence County, SD compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Lawrence County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Lawrence County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Lawrence County at 29,459 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,054 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $73,384 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% 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. Lawrence County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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