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Funeral homes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area

The funeral homes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #309 of 377 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
19
4 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.4M
On funerals · $130 a household
Spending per listing
$546K
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
199,668
−3.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #309 of 377 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 funeral homes in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $130 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area spend about $10.4M a year on funerals. That is about $546K of household spending for each home on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 8,877 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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.

Funeral homes in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureHouma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.42.72.1
Spending per listing$546K$497K$679K
Households per official establishment8,8777,2488,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.2%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$130$134$143
Median household income$64,038$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3022

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
194 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
199,668−3.5% since 2020
Households
79,889
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,300 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$64,038+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,114
Median home value
$189,700
Jobs located here
82,319
Daytime population
199,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA83101.0$1.5M+5.3%#22 of 377
2Baton Rouge, LA49652.0$634K+2.1%#183 of 377
3New Orleans-Metairie, LA48621.6$867K−3.4%#188 of 377
4Shreveport-Bossier City, LA38332.1$667K−2.3%#259 of 377
5Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA30192.4$546K−3.5%#309 of 377
6Lafayette, LA27503.0$407K+3.8%#332 of 377
7Hammond, LA24203.8$308K+5.8%#344 of 377
8Monroe, LA21313.6$399K−1.9%#357 of 377
9Alexandria, LA20213.7$378K−2.5%#358 of 377
10Lake Charles, LA12333.6$380K−3.8%#376 of 377

Other business types in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area?

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 19 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area spend on funerals?

About $10.4M a year, or $130 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $546K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 79,889 households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 2.4 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $546K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area would have about 15, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,877 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area at 199,668 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 79,889 households. Median household income in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 30 for funeral homes (lower middle), #309 of 377 scored metro areas.

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