Funeral services · County · South Dakota
Funeral homes in Mellette County, SD
How Mellette 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $86K
- On funerals · $134 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 2,137
- +11.5% since 2020
See the funeral homes around any address in Mellette County
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What this means
There are no funeral homes on map listings in Mellette County as of September 2026.
Households in Mellette County spend about $86K a year on funerals, or $134 per household, 6% below the U.S. average.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Mellette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Mellette County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Mellette 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.
| Measure | Mellette County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $510K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,298 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $134 | $141 | $143 |
| Median household income | $54,076 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The 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 Mellette 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 Mellette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,137+11.5% since 2020
- Households
- 641
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,307 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $54,076
- Average household income
- $74,230
- Median home value
- $84,100
- Jobs located here
- 295
- Daytime population
- 1,769Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Mellette County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for funeral homes, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Mellette County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pennington County, SD | 76 | 7 | 1.5 | $977K | +6.6% | #122 of 1,472 |
| 2Minnehaha County, SD | 63 | 13 | 1.5 | $707K | +7.6% | #403 of 1,472 |
| Mellette County, SD | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +11.5% |
Other business types in Mellette County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Mellette County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no funeral homes in Mellette County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Mellette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mellette County, SD spend on funerals?
About $86K a year, or $134 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). It is estimated from the incomes of the 641 households in Mellette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mellette County, SD compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Mellette County has no funeral homes on map listings.
How fast is Mellette County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Mellette County at 2,137 people in 2025, up 11.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 641 households. Median household income in Mellette County is $54,076, 33% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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