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Funeral homes in Manitowoc County, WI
The funeral homes in Manitowoc County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #902 of 1,472 scored counties
#32 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.4M
- On funerals · $154 a household
- Spending per listing
- $362K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,710
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 funeral homes in Manitowoc County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $154 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Manitowoc County spend about $5.4M a year on funerals. That is about $362K of household spending for each home on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Manitowoc County in 2023. That is one for every 5,027 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Manitowoc County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Manitowoc County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #902 of 1,472 scored counties and #32 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Manitowoc County 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 | Manitowoc County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $362K | $544K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,027 | 6,004 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $154 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $69,148 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,710+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,188
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 589 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 138
- Median household income
- $69,148+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,528
- Median home value
- $186,900
- Jobs located here
- 33,176
- Daytime population
- 74,436Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waukesha County, WI | 73 | 32 | 1.9 | $850K | +2.4% | #186 of 1,472 |
| 2Washington County, WI | 70 | 8 | 1.4 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #229 of 1,472 |
| 3Dane County, WI | 65 | 31 | 1.2 | $897K | +4.9% | #350 of 1,472 |
| 4St. Croix County, WI | 61 | 8 | 2.1 | $618K | +4.7% | #460 of 1,472 |
| 5Ozaukee County, WI | 61 | 13 | 3.4 | $483K | +3.0% | #468 of 1,472 |
| 6Waushara County, WI | 58 | 5 | 4.7 | $364K | +2.8% | #526 of 1,472 |
| 7Kenosha County, WI | 57 | 10 | 1.5 | $848K | −0.4% | #528 of 1,472 |
| 8Wood County, WI | 57 | 8 | 2.5 | $671K | −0.2% | #534 of 1,472 |
| 9Racine County, WI | 56 | 16 | 2.0 | $718K | +0.4% | #553 of 1,472 |
| 10Sheboygan County, WI | 56 | 11 | 2.2 | $659K | 0.0% | #556 of 1,472 |
| 32Manitowoc County, WI | 43 | 15 | 4.3 | $362K | +0.4% | #902 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Manitowoc County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Manitowoc County, WI?
Manitowoc County has 15 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) 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 Manitowoc County, WI spend on funerals?
About $5.4M a year, or $154 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $362K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,188 households in Manitowoc County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Manitowoc County, WI compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Manitowoc County has 4.3 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $362K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Manitowoc County would have about 8, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,027 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Manitowoc County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Manitowoc County at 81,710 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,188 households. Median household income in Manitowoc County is $69,148, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. Manitowoc County scores 43 for funeral homes (lower middle), #902 of 1,472 scored counties.
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