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Funeral homes in Randolph County, WV

How Randolph County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.8M
On funerals · $170 a household
Spending per listing
$455K
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
76% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,882
−3.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Randolph County. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Randolph County comes to about $1.8M a year: $170 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $455K of household spending for each home on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Randolph County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,559 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Randolph County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Randolph County declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Randolph County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Randolph 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.

Funeral homes in Randolph County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRandolph CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.74.22.1
Spending per listing$455K$368K$679K
Households per official establishment3,5593,7188,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$170$153$143
Median household income$52,757$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored18

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$923K
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
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$100K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Randolph 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 Randolph County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,882−3.6% since 2020
Households
10,678
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,040 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$52,757+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,437
Median home value
$144,800
Jobs located here
10,659
Daytime population
26,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for funeral homes, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Randolph County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, WV6961.2$1M+13.7%#249 of 1,472
2Monongalia County, WV5071.6$637K+2.0%#692 of 1,472
3Wood County, WV4692.5$604K−2.1%#811 of 1,472
4Kanawha County, WV40273.5$440K−4.3%#973 of 1,472
5Wayne County, WV4063.8$410K−4.0%#976 of 1,472
6Jackson County, WV4054.3$387K−1.0%#978 of 1,472
7Mercer County, WV40114.5$377K−3.4%#980 of 1,472
8Putnam County, WV3873.0$476K−1.0%#1,028 of 1,472
9Hancock County, WV3775.5$312K−4.5%#1,059 of 1,472
10Raleigh County, WV36144.8$332K−3.5%#1,079 of 1,472
Randolph County, WVNot scored43.7$455K−3.6%

Other business types in Randolph County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Randolph County, WV?

Randolph County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Randolph County, WV spend on funerals?

About $1.8M a year, or $170 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $455K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,678 households in Randolph County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Randolph County, WV compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Randolph County has 3.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $455K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Randolph County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,559 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Randolph County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Randolph County at 26,882 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,678 households. Median household income in Randolph County is $52,757, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Randolph 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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