Funeral services · County · Washington
Funeral homes in Kittitas County, WA
How Kittitas County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #950 of 1,472 scored counties
#17 of 17 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.4M
- On funerals · $118 a household
- Spending per listing
- $393K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,803
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Kittitas County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 43% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Kittitas County comes to about $2.4M a year: $118 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $393K per home, 42% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kittitas County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $742K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kittitas County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kittitas County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kittitas County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #950 of 1,472 scored counties and #17 of 17 scored counties in Washington.
How Kittitas 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 | Kittitas County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $393K | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,463 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $118 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $73,804 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 74 |
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
- 60 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
- 1
- Amount
- $742K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Kittitas 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 Kittitas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,803+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,993
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,297 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $73,804+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,663
- Median home value
- $497,400
- Jobs located here
- 18,312
- Daytime population
- 44,464Residents 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 |
| 17Kittitas County, WA | 41 | 6 | 3.0 | $393K | +4.2% | #950 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Kittitas 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 Kittitas County, WA?
Kittitas County has 6 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 Kittitas County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kittitas County, WA spend on funerals?
About $2.4M a year, or $118 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $393K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,993 households in Kittitas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kittitas County, WA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Kittitas County has 3.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $393K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Kittitas County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Kittitas County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Kittitas County at 48,803 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,993 households. Median household income in Kittitas County is $73,804, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. Kittitas County scores 41 for funeral homes (lower middle), #950 of 1,472 scored counties.
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