Funeral services · Metro area · Wisconsin
Funeral homes in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area
The funeral homes in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #233 of 377 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On funerals · $149 a household
- Spending per listing
- $643K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,669
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 funeral homes in the Fond du Lac metro area. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $149 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in the Fond du Lac metro area spend about $6.4M a year on funerals. That works out to $643K per home, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Fond du Lac metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 6,178 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.8M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Fond du Lac metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fond du Lac metro area grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Fond du Lac metro area is 42 (lower middle), #233 of 377 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Fond du Lac metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Fond du Lac metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $643K | $544K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,178 | 6,004 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $149 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $74,275 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Fond du Lac metro area, 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 the Fond du Lac metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,669+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 43,243
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 720 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $74,275+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,084
- Median home value
- $222,800
- Jobs located here
- 49,885
- Daytime population
- 99,843Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fond du Lac metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 59 | 210 | 1.4 | $900K | +2.6% | #125 of 377 |
| 1Kenosha, WI | 50 | 10 | 1.5 | $848K | −0.4% | #174 of 377 |
| 2Madison, WI | 49 | 50 | 1.7 | $704K | +4.1% | #181 of 377 |
| 3Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 45 | 16 | 2.0 | $718K | +0.4% | #207 of 377 |
| 4Sheboygan, WI | 43 | 11 | 2.2 | $659K | 0.0% | #223 of 377 |
| 5Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 42 | 127 | 1.9 | $689K | 0.0% | #231 of 377 |
| 6Fond du Lac, WI | 42 | 10 | 2.3 | $643K | +0.5% | #233 of 377 |
| 7Appleton, WI | 41 | 20 | 2.0 | $669K | +2.7% | #241 of 377 |
| 8Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 39 | 15 | 2.1 | $655K | +1.4% | #249 of 377 |
| 9Wausau, WI | 39 | 15 | 2.6 | $573K | +1.0% | #253 of 377 |
Other business types in the Fond du Lac metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area?
There are 10 funeral homes on map listings in the Fond du Lac metro area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area spend on funerals?
About $6.4M a year, or $149 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $643K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,243 households in the Fond du Lac metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fond du Lac, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Fond du Lac metro area has 2.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $643K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,178 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fond du Lac, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fond du Lac metro area at 104,669 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,243 households. Median household income in the Fond du Lac metro area is $74,275, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. The Fond du Lac metro area scores 42 for funeral homes (lower middle), #233 of 377 scored metro areas.
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