Funeral services · County · South Dakota
Funeral homes in Minnehaha County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Minnehaha County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #403 of 1,472 scored counties
#2 of 2 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.2M
- On funerals · $108 a household
- Spending per listing
- $707K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 212,691
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 funeral homes in Minnehaha County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Minnehaha County comes to about $9.2M a year: $108 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 funeral homes, that is $707K per home, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Minnehaha County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 9,424 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Minnehaha County grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Minnehaha County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #403 of 1,472 scored counties and #2 of 2 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Minnehaha 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 | Minnehaha County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $707K | $510K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 9,424 | 5,298 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $108 | $141 | $143 |
| Median household income | $76,880 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 122
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 212,691+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 84,814
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $76,880+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,921
- Median home value
- $287,600
- Jobs located here
- 135,684
- Daytime population
- 228,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Minnehaha County
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 Minnehaha County, SD?
There are 13 funeral homes on map listings in Minnehaha County as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Minnehaha County, SD spend on funerals?
About $9.2M a year, or $108 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $707K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,814 households in Minnehaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Minnehaha County, SD compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Minnehaha County has 1.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $707K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Minnehaha County would have about 14, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,424 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Minnehaha County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Minnehaha County at 212,691 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,814 households. Median household income in Minnehaha County is $76,880, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Minnehaha County scores 63 for funeral homes (upper middle), #403 of 1,472 scored counties.
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