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Funeral homes in Wetzel County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Wetzel County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $924K
- On funerals · $151 a household
- Spending per listing
- $231K
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,734
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wetzel County spend about $924K a year on funerals, or $151 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $231K of household spending for each home on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 4 funeral homes on map listings in Wetzel County as of September 2026. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Wetzel County in 2023. That is one for every 1,223 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wetzel County declined 4.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Wetzel County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wetzel 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 | Wetzel County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $231K | $368K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,223 | 3,718 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $151 | $153 | $143 |
| Median household income | $56,836 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $396K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- 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 Wetzel 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 Wetzel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,734−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,113
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 358 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $56,836+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,103
- Median home value
- $107,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,984
- Daytime population
- 12,900Residents 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 |
| Wetzel County, WV | Not scored | 4 | 6.5 | $231K | −4.6% |
Other business types in Wetzel 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 Wetzel County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 funeral homes in Wetzel County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Wetzel County, WV spend on funerals?
About $924K a year, or $151 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $231K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,113 households in Wetzel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wetzel County, WV compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Wetzel County has 6.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $231K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Wetzel County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,223 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Wetzel County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wetzel County at 13,734 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,113 households. The median household income in Wetzel County is $56,836 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Wetzel 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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