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Funeral homes in Bennington County, VT
The funeral homes in Bennington County, VT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #668 of 1,472 scored counties
#5 of 8 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On funerals · $199 a household
- Spending per listing
- $427K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,630
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 funeral homes in Bennington County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Bennington County comes to about $3M a year: $199 per household, 40% above the U.S. average. That is about $427K of household spending for each home on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Bennington County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bennington County declined 1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For funeral homes, Bennington County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #668 of 1,472 scored counties and #5 of 8 scored counties in Vermont.
How Bennington County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Bennington County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $427K | $552K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,011 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $199 | $152 | $143 |
| Median household income | $73,325 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 42 |
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
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Bennington 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 Bennington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,630−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 14,987
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 674 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $73,325+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,853
- Median home value
- $279,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,869
- Daytime population
- 38,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Windsor County, VT | 65 | 5 | 2.0 | $852K | −0.7% | #353 of 1,472 |
| 2Washington County, VT | 64 | 5 | 1.9 | $796K | −0.2% | #377 of 1,472 |
| 3Windham County, VT | 56 | 6 | 3.0 | $556K | −1.4% | #561 of 1,472 |
| 4Chittenden County, VT | 53 | 16 | 2.2 | $563K | +0.4% | #628 of 1,472 |
| 5Bennington County, VT | 52 | 7 | 4.7 | $427K | −1.8% | #668 of 1,472 |
| 6Orange County, VT | 49 | 5 | 3.9 | $381K | +2.4% | #738 of 1,472 |
| 7Rutland County, VT | 48 | 12 | 4.7 | $358K | −1.4% | #767 of 1,472 |
| 8Franklin County, VT | 45 | 7 | 3.5 | $411K | +2.3% | #846 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Bennington 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 Bennington County, VT?
Bennington County has 7 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Bennington County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bennington County, VT spend on funerals?
About $3M a year, or $199 per household. That is 40% above the U.S. average (an index of 140, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $427K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,987 households in Bennington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bennington County, VT compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Bennington County has 4.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $427K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Bennington County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Bennington County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Bennington County at 36,630 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,987 households. Median household income in Bennington County is $73,325, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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. Bennington County scores 52 for funeral homes (upper middle), #668 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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