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Funeral homes in the Walla Walla, WA metro area
The funeral homes in the Walla Walla, WA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On funerals · $178 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,361
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in the Walla Walla metro area. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Walla Walla metro area spend about $4.2M a year on funerals, or $178 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each home on map listings, 54% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Walla Walla metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Walla Walla metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, the Walla Walla metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Walla Walla metro area 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 | Walla Walla metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $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 | −0.4% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $178 | $134 | $143 |
| Median household income | $74,202 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 the Walla Walla metro area, 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 the Walla Walla metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,361−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 23,447
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $74,202+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,236
- Median home value
- $408,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,913
- Daytime population
- 66,232Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 85 | 5 | 1.1 | $1.6M | +5.0% | #18 of 377 |
| 2Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 81 | 7 | 0.6 | $2.3M | +2.7% | #24 of 377 |
| 3Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 78 | 7 | 0.6 | $2.4M | +2.8% | #32 of 377 |
| 4Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 77 | 24 | 1.0 | $1.4M | +3.5% | #39 of 377 |
| 5Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 76 | 8 | 1.5 | $1.1M | +2.4% | #44 of 377 |
| 6Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 73 | 123 | 0.8 | $1.6M | +3.3% | #57 of 377 |
| 7Kennewick-Richland, WA | 72 | 13 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +6.5% | #65 of 377 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 66 | 98 | 1.0 | $1.3M | +1.0% | #86 of 377 |
| 8Bellingham, WA | 65 | 14 | 1.5 | $915K | +3.9% | #93 of 377 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 62 | 5 | 1.9 | $940K | +1.5% | #110 of 377 |
| Walla Walla, WA | Not scored | 4 | 1.7 | $1M | −0.4% |
Other business types in the Walla Walla metro area
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 the Walla Walla, WA metro area?
The Walla Walla metro area has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in the Walla Walla metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Walla Walla, WA metro area spend on funerals?
About $4.2M a year, or $178 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,447 households in the Walla Walla metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Walla Walla, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Walla Walla metro area has 1.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Walla Walla metro area would have about 6, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Walla Walla, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Walla Walla metro area at 62,361 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,447 households. Median household income in the Walla Walla metro area is $74,202, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. The Walla Walla metro area has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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