Funeral services · County · West Virginia
Funeral homes in McDowell County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in McDowell County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,401 of 1,472 scored counties
#27 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.1M
- On funerals · $177 a household
- Spending per listing
- $164K
- 76% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 5.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,878
- −10.9% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, McDowell County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #1,401 of 1,472 scored counties and #27 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 funeral homes in McDowell County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 5.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $177 per household (24% above the U.S. average), households in McDowell County spend about $1.1M a year on funerals. That is about $164K of household spending for each home on map listings, 76% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in McDowell County in 2023. That is one for every 1,617 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McDowell County declined 10.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How McDowell 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 | McDowell County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $164K | $368K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,617 | 3,718 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −10.9% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $177 | $153 | $143 |
| Median household income | $31,559 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $507K
- 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
- 2The 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 McDowell 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 McDowell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,878−10.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,467
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 534 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $31,559+14.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $43,863
- Median home value
- $50,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,064
- Daytime population
- 16,847Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 27McDowell County, WV | 20 | 7 | 10.8 | $164K | −10.9% | #1,401 of 1,472 |
Other business types in McDowell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in McDowell County, WV?
McDowell 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. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in McDowell County, WV spend on funerals?
About $1.1M a year, or $177 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $164K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,467 households in McDowell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McDowell County, WV compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
McDowell County has 10.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $164K, 76% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, McDowell County would have about 2, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,617 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is McDowell County, WV growing?
Population estimates put McDowell County at 16,878 people in 2025, down 10.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,467 households. Median household income in McDowell County is $31,559, 61% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.0%, 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. McDowell County scores 20 for funeral homes (low), #1,401 of 1,472 scored counties.
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