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Funeral homes in San Benito County, CA
The funeral homes in San Benito County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #239 of 1,472 scored counties
#25 of 37 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On funerals · $152 a household
- Spending per listing
- $623K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,082
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in San Benito County spend about $3.1M a year on funerals, or $152 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $623K of household spending for each home on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
San Benito County has 5 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in San Benito County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in San Benito County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in San Benito County is 70 (upper middle), #239 of 1,472 scored counties and #25 of 37 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How San Benito County compares
The same measures for California 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 | San Benito County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $623K | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 17,063 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $152 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $114,394 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 San Benito 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 San Benito County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,082+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,561
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,389 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $114,394+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $143,684
- Median home value
- $793,400
- Jobs located here
- 17,302
- Daytime population
- 57,797Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 92 | 17 | 1.1 | $1.6M | +8.9% | #16 of 1,472 |
| 2Riverside County, CA | 87 | 97 | 1.3 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #34 of 1,472 |
| 3El Dorado County, CA | 85 | 8 | 1.1 | $1.7M | +0.6% | #38 of 1,472 |
| 4Marin County, CA | 81 | 7 | 0.7 | $2.8M | −2.9% | #54 of 1,472 |
| 5Madera County, CA | 81 | 6 | 1.3 | $1.2M | +7.4% | #59 of 1,472 |
| 6Sonoma County, CA | 79 | 21 | 1.1 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #75 of 1,472 |
| 7Contra Costa County, CA | 78 | 38 | 0.9 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #85 of 1,472 |
| 8Orange County, CA | 78 | 103 | 1.0 | $1.7M | −1.1% | #86 of 1,472 |
| 9Santa Barbara County, CA | 77 | 15 | 1.0 | $1.7M | −1.4% | #99 of 1,472 |
| 10San Luis Obispo County, CA | 77 | 12 | 1.1 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #100 of 1,472 |
| 25San Benito County, CA | 70 | 5 | 2.4 | $623K | +8.6% | #239 of 1,472 |
Other business types in San Benito 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 San Benito County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 funeral homes in San Benito County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in San Benito County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in San Benito County, CA spend on funerals?
About $3.1M a year, or $152 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $623K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,561 households in San Benito County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Benito County, CA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
San Benito County has 2.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $623K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $679K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.
How fast is San Benito County, CA growing?
Population estimates put San Benito County at 70,082 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,561 households. The median household income in San Benito County is $114,394 a year, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. San Benito County scores 70 for funeral homes (upper middle), #239 of 1,472 scored counties.
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