Funeral services · County · West Virginia
Funeral homes in Berkeley County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Berkeley County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #249 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On funerals · $119 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,522
- +13.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Berkeley County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 43% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in Berkeley County comes to about $6.1M a year: $119 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $1M per home, 49% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Berkeley County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Berkeley County grew 13.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Berkeley County is 69 (upper middle), #249 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Berkeley County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Berkeley County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $368K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,718 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.7% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $119 | $153 | $143 |
| Median household income | $80,815 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 18 |
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
- 9The 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 Berkeley 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 Berkeley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,522+13.7% since 2020
- Households
- 51,021
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 321 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 403
- Median household income
- $80,815+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,580
- Median home value
- $266,300
- Jobs located here
- 38,190
- Daytime population
- 104,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Berkeley County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 69 | 6 | 1.2 | $1M | +13.7% | #249 of 1,472 |
| 2Monongalia County, WV | 50 | 7 | 1.6 | $637K | +2.0% | #692 of 1,472 |
| 3Wood County, WV | 46 | 9 | 2.5 | $604K | −2.1% | #811 of 1,472 |
| 4Kanawha County, WV | 40 | 27 | 3.5 | $440K | −4.3% | #973 of 1,472 |
| 5Wayne County, WV | 40 | 6 | 3.8 | $410K | −4.0% | #976 of 1,472 |
| 6Jackson County, WV | 40 | 5 | 4.3 | $387K | −1.0% | #978 of 1,472 |
| 7Mercer County, WV | 40 | 11 | 4.5 | $377K | −3.4% | #980 of 1,472 |
| 8Putnam County, WV | 38 | 7 | 3.0 | $476K | −1.0% | #1,028 of 1,472 |
| 9Hancock County, WV | 37 | 7 | 5.5 | $312K | −4.5% | #1,059 of 1,472 |
| 10Raleigh County, WV | 36 | 14 | 4.8 | $332K | −3.5% | #1,079 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County, WV?
Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Berkeley County, WV spend on funerals?
About $6.1M a year, or $119 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 $1M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,021 households in Berkeley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Berkeley County, WV compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Berkeley County has 1.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Berkeley County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Berkeley County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Berkeley County at 139,522 people in 2025, up 13.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,021 households. Median household income in Berkeley County is $80,815, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Berkeley County scores 69 for funeral homes (upper middle), #249 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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