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Funeral homes in Meade County, SD

How Meade 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
$1.5M
On funerals · $128 a household
Spending per listing
$766K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
30,711
+2.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 funeral homes in Meade County. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.

At $128 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Meade County spend about $1.5M a year on funerals. That works out to $766K per home.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Meade County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Meade County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 funeral homes on map listings, Meade County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Meade 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 Meade County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMeade CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.72.82.1
Spending per listing$766K$510K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a5,2988,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$128$141$143
Median household income$74,790$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
2The 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 Meade 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 Meade County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,711+2.7% since 2020
Households
11,968
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
3,471 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,155
Median home value
$310,900
Jobs located here
7,923
Daytime population
24,809Residents 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 Meade 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
Meade County, SDNot scored21.7$766K+2.7%

Other business types in Meade County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Meade County, SD?

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

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

About $1.5M a year, or $128 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $766K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Meade County has 2 funeral homes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.

How fast is Meade County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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