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How much does a funeral cost in Charlotte, NC?
A traditional burial with a service in the Charlotte metro area averages $8,730 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $15,870, which is about 7% above the North Carolina figure of $14,840. The metro takes in Concord and Gastonia as well as Charlotte.
What Charlotte funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 32 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Charlotte area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,998. King's Funeral Home in Charlotte is recorded at $845, McEwen Funerals and Cremations at Forest Lawn West in Charlotte at $4,390, which is 5.2 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 32, 2 come in under $1,000, 14 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 13 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 3 ask $3,000 or more. 29 of them publishes a basic services fee as well, the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down. Ring three at random rather than one and you would expect to pay $650 less than the $2,080 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's Funeral Home | Charlotte, NC | $845 | $1,295 |
| Cremation Society of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $995 | $1,895 |
| Carolina Cremation, LLC | Charlotte, NC | $1,195 | $650 |
| Charlotte Mortuary Services and Cremation | Charlotte, NC | $1,295 | $1,700 |
| Costner Funeral Home, Inc. | Gastonia, NC | $1,300 | $1,725 |
| Gregory Funeral Service Inc. | Gastonia, NC | $1,315 | $1,800 |
| A Simple Service, LLC | Gastonia, NC | $1,320 | $1,425 |
| Withers & Whisenant Funeral Home and Cremation Service | Gastonia, NC | $1,425 | $1,895 |
| Life Celebration Cremations & Burials | Concord, NC | $1,447 | |
| Heritage Funeral & Cremation Service Ballantyne Chapel | Charlotte, NC | $1,495 | $1,695 |
| Hartsell Funeral Home | Concord, NC | $1,559 | $2,495 |
| A. E. Grier & Sons Funeral and Cremation LLC | Charlotte, NC | $1,575 | $1,945 |
| J. B. Tallent Funeral Service & Crematory | Charlotte, NC | $1,595 | $2,395 |
| Greene Funeral Service | Gastonia, NC | $1,595 | $1,695 |
| Neptune Society Cremation Services | Charlotte, NC | $1,742 | |
| Ellington Funeral Services | Charlotte, NC | $1,995 | $2,545 |
| Gilmore Mortuary Services LLC | Charlotte, NC | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Grier Funeral Service, Inc. | Charlotte, NC | $2,145 | $2,595 |
| Robertson Funeral & Cremation Service | Charlotte, NC | $2,190 | |
| McEwen Funeral Service - Derita Chapel | Charlotte, NC | $2,340 | $3,145 |
| Wilson Funeral & Cremation Service | Charlotte, NC | $2,340 | $3,145 |
| Carolina Funeral Service & Cremation Center, LLC | Charlotte, NC | $2,380 | $2,350 |
| Carothers Funeral Home | Gastonia, NC | $2,390 | $2,995 |
| Carothers Funeral Home at Gastonia Memorial Park | Gastonia, NC | $2,390 | $3,670 |
| McEwen Funeral Service - Mint Hill Chapel | Charlotte, NC | $2,550 | $4,620 |
| Alexander Funeral Home, Incorporated | Charlotte, NC | $2,565 | $3,500 |
| McEwen Funeral Service at Sharon Memorial Park | Charlotte, NC | $2,590 | $4,720 |
| Wilkinson Funeral Home | Concord, NC | $2,695 | $2,595 |
| McEwen Funeral Home & Cremation at Myers Park | Charlotte, NC | $2,990 | $4,735 |
| McLean Funeral Directors | Gastonia, NC | $3,515 | $2,400 |
| Harry & Bryant Funeral Home | Charlotte, NC | $4,390 | $3,830 |
| McEwen Funerals and Cremations at Forest Lawn West | Charlotte, NC | $4,390 | $3,895 |
Recorded from Funeral Consumers Alliance survey in September 2026. The source publishes no date of its own. Prices for other homes on this list carry their own dates, shown on each home's page. They are the figures we hold rather than quotes, several are years old, and no funeral home is bound by them. Every funeral home in Charlotte.
Estimated burial with a service in Charlotte
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$6,310
- Casket, standard$2,420
- Cemetery plot$1,960
- Opening and closing the grave$1,610
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,640
- Headstone or marker$1,930
Most families have no plan for this
A burial insurance policy is written to cover exactly this amount. It pays out in days rather than months, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam, only health questions.
The calculator is set to Charlotte. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 30 homes charge against the North Carolina median, a factor of 1.10, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $15,870 in Charlotte
| Item | Billed by | Charlotte | North Carolina |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $6,310 | $5,750 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,420 | $2,420 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $1,960 | $1,630 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,610 | $1,470 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,640 | $1,640 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $1,930 | $1,930 |
| Total | $15,870 | $14,840 |
The 30 published fees above put Charlotte at $2,448 against $1,995 across North Carolina, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 1.10, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Charlotte at 97.6 against 81.4 for North Carolina (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the North Carolina page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Charlotte area
The Census counts 133 death care establishments in the Charlotte metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 1,018 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 32 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $3,545. That is 5.2 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Charlotte and North Carolina as a whole.
Cremation in Charlotte
Cremation with a service models out at $6,970 here, about $1,760 less than a burial at the funeral home because there is no casket, plot, vault or headstone to buy. Strip the service out and the Charlotte homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,998, 32 of them measured, 2 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $4,972 on the ceremony, the viewing and the staff time around it. For a family choosing on price alone that gap is the whole decision, and it is a bigger number than anything the metro comparison above turns on.
Your rights when you ring a Charlotte funeral home
All 32 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. King's Funeral Home at $845 and McEwen Funerals and Cremations at Forest Lawn West at $4,390 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,998 in the middle of that list is worth $1,153 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of North Carolina funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $15,870 in Charlotte
$15,870 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $1,030 more than the North Carolina average, which is the sort of thing people get wrong when they pick a round figure. It pays out in days rather than weeks, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam.
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How much does a funeral cost in Charlotte?
About $15,870 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $8,730 goes to the funeral home and $7,140 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the South Atlantic survey median moved by what 30 Charlotte homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Charlotte than the rest of North Carolina?
Yes, by about 7%, $15,870 against $14,840, and it is mostly the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $845 to $4,390, a wider gap than the one between Charlotte and North Carolina.
How much does cremation cost in Charlotte?
The middle of the 32 Charlotte area homes we hold a price for charges $1,998 for a direct cremation, from $845 at King's Funeral Home up to $4,390 at McEwen Funerals and Cremations at Forest Lawn West. Add a service and the model puts it near $6,970. Every price here is one we hold rather than a quote, several are years old, and each carries its own date on that home's page.
Which funeral home is cheapest in Charlotte?
King's Funeral Home in Charlotte, at $845, and 1 other Charlotte area homes are also under $1,000. McEwen Funerals and Cremations at Forest Lawn West is $3,545 higher for the same service. Prices move and several of ours are years old, so treat the list as where to start ringing, worth about $650 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Charlotte funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Charlotte the published ones run $650 to $4,735 with $2,448 in the middle, across the 30 we hold. It is the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down, so it sets the floor under everything else on this page, and King's Funeral Home, cheapest here on cremation at $845, asks $1,295 for it.