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Funeral homes in Oconto County, WI
How Oconto County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #840 of 1,472 scored counties
#29 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.6M
- On funerals · $155 a household
- Spending per listing
- $434K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,195
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $155 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Oconto County spend about $2.6M a year on funerals. That works out to $434K per home, 36% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Oconto County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Oconto County in 2023. That is one for every 2,802 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Oconto County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Oconto County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #840 of 1,472 scored counties and #29 of 46 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Oconto 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 | Oconto County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $434K | $544K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,802 | 6,004 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $155 | $140 | $143 |
| Median household income | $75,049 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Oconto 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 Oconto County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,195+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 16,811
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 998 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $75,049+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,497
- Median home value
- $231,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,756
- Daytime population
- 28,572Residents 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 |
| 29Oconto County, WI | 45 | 6 | 3.6 | $434K | +2.9% | #840 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Oconto 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 Oconto County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Oconto County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Oconto County, WI spend on funerals?
About $2.6M a year, or $155 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $434K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,811 households in Oconto County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oconto County, WI compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Oconto County has 3.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $434K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Oconto County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,802 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Oconto County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Oconto County at 40,195 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,811 households. The median household income in Oconto County is $75,049 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Oconto County scores 45 for funeral homes (lower middle), #840 of 1,472 scored counties.
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