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Funeral homes in Cowlitz County, WA
The funeral homes in Cowlitz County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On funerals · $154 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,885
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Cowlitz County. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Cowlitz County comes to about $6.8M a year: $154 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each home on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Cowlitz County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 8,789 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cowlitz County.
Population estimates show Cowlitz County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Cowlitz County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Cowlitz County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Cowlitz County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,789 | 18,463 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $154 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $76,531 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $905K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cowlitz 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 Cowlitz County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,885+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 43,943
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,141 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $76,531+40.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,669
- Median home value
- $397,500
- Jobs located here
- 40,531
- Daytime population
- 95,784Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clark County, WA | 81 | 9 | 0.5 | $3M | +5.3% | #53 of 1,472 |
| 2Kitsap County, WA | 81 | 7 | 0.6 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #56 of 1,472 |
| 3Skagit County, WA | 80 | 8 | 1.5 | $1.1M | +2.4% | #71 of 1,472 |
| 4Thurston County, WA | 78 | 7 | 0.6 | $2.4M | +2.8% | #84 of 1,472 |
| 5Snohomish County, WA | 77 | 23 | 0.7 | $1.8M | +4.9% | #97 of 1,472 |
| 6Spokane County, WA | 77 | 23 | 1.1 | $1.3M | +3.2% | #102 of 1,472 |
| 7Benton County, WA | 75 | 10 | 1.3 | $1.1M | +6.9% | #141 of 1,472 |
| 8King County, WA | 74 | 61 | 0.6 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #156 of 1,472 |
| 9Island County, WA | 73 | 5 | 1.4 | $1.3M | −1.5% | #172 of 1,472 |
| 10Clallam County, WA | 73 | 9 | 2.6 | $759K | +1.1% | #189 of 1,472 |
| Cowlitz County, WA | Not scored | 4 | 0.9 | $1.7M | +3.5% |
Other business types in Cowlitz 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 Cowlitz County, WA?
Cowlitz County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Cowlitz County, WA spend on funerals?
About $6.8M a year, or $154 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,943 households in Cowlitz County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cowlitz County, WA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Cowlitz County has 0.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.7M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cowlitz County would have about 10, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,789 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Cowlitz County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Cowlitz County at 114,885 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,943 households. Median household income in Cowlitz County is $76,531, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.4%, 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. Cowlitz County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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