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Funeral homes in Summers County, WV
The funeral homes in Summers County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $927K
- On funerals · $198 a household
- Spending per listing
- $232K
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 4.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,532
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Summers County. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $198 per household (39% above the U.S. average), households in Summers County spend about $927K a year on funerals. That is about $232K of household spending for each home on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Summers County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 1,560 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Summers County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Summers County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Summers 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 | Summers County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $232K | $368K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,560 | 3,718 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $198 | $153 | $143 |
| Median household income | $40,699 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $431K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Summers 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 Summers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,532−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,680
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $40,699+6.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,559
- Median home value
- $140,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,800
- Daytime population
- 10,079Residents 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 |
| Summers County, WV | Not scored | 4 | 8.5 | $232K | −3.3% |
Other business types in Summers County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Summers County, WV?
There are 4 funeral homes on map listings in Summers County 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 Summers County, WV spend on funerals?
About $927K a year, or $198 per household. That is 39% above the U.S. average (an index of 139, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $232K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,680 households in Summers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Summers County, WV compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Summers County has 8.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $232K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Summers County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,560 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Summers County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Summers County at 11,532 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,680 households. Median household income in Summers County is $40,699, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.6%, 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. Summers 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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