Funeral services · Metro area · California
Funeral homes in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area
The funeral homes in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #54 of 377 scored metro areas
#6 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 38
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $36M
- On funerals · $147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $947K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 823,815
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 38 funeral homes in the Stockton-Lodi metro area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 5%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Stockton-Lodi metro area spend about $36M a year on funerals, or $147 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $947K per home, 39% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Stockton-Lodi metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 12,263 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Stockton-Lodi metro area grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Stockton-Lodi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #54 of 377 scored metro areas and #6 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Stockton-Lodi metro area 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 | Stockton-Lodi metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $947K | $1.4M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 12,263 | 17,063 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.4% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $147 | $151 | $143 |
| Median household income | $92,179 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 200.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 124
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 382 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 the Stockton-Lodi 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 Stockton-Lodi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 823,815+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 245,250
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 573
- Median household income
- $92,179+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,604
- Median home value
- $530,700
- Jobs located here
- 284,408
- Daytime population
- 748,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 80 | 173 | 1.2 | $1.3M | +3.5% | #30 of 377 |
| 2Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 78 | 101 | 1.1 | $1.3M | +3.2% | #33 of 377 |
| 3Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 77 | 21 | 1.1 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #37 of 377 |
| 4San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 76 | 53 | 0.8 | $1.9M | −0.6% | #43 of 377 |
| 5Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 75 | 15 | 1.0 | $1.7M | −1.4% | #45 of 377 |
| 6Stockton-Lodi, CA | 74 | 38 | 1.5 | $947K | +5.5% | #54 of 377 |
| 7Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 73 | 399 | 0.9 | $1.7M | −2.6% | #55 of 377 |
| 8San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 73 | 168 | 1.0 | $1.6M | −2.4% | #56 of 377 |
| 9San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 72 | 12 | 1.1 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #61 of 377 |
| 10Salinas, CA | 71 | 16 | 1.2 | $1.4M | −1.5% | #66 of 377 |
Other business types in the Stockton-Lodi metro area
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 the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area?
The Stockton-Lodi metro area has 38 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area spend on funerals?
About $36M a year, or $147 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $947K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 245,250 households in the Stockton-Lodi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Stockton-Lodi metro area has 1.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $947K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Stockton-Lodi metro area would have about 53, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,263 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Stockton-Lodi metro area at 823,815 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 245,250 households. Median household income in the Stockton-Lodi metro area is $92,179, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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 Stockton-Lodi metro area scores 74 for funeral homes (upper middle), #54 of 377 scored metro areas.
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