Funeral services · County · New Mexico
Funeral homes in Bernalillo County, NM
The funeral homes in Bernalillo County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #346 of 1,472 scored counties
#2 of 6 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 26
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.7M
- On funerals · $136 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 667,601
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $136 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Bernalillo County spend about $38.7M a year on funerals. Spread across 26 funeral homes, that is $1.5M per home, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $679K.
Bernalillo County has 26 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Bernalillo County in 2023. That is one for every 15,026 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bernalillo County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Bernalillo County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #346 of 1,472 scored counties and #2 of 6 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bernalillo County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Bernalillo County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 15,026 | 12,688 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $136 | $149 | $143 |
| Median household income | $69,473 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 177
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 265 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The 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 Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 667,601−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 285,495
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,162 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 580
- Median household income
- $69,473+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,350
- Median home value
- $292,900
- Jobs located here
- 358,969
- Daytime population
- 728,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Santa Fe County, NM | 81 | 11 | 1.6 | $1.1M | +1.2% | #60 of 1,472 |
| 2Bernalillo County, NM | 65 | 26 | 0.9 | $1.5M | −1.4% | #346 of 1,472 |
| 3San Juan County, NM | 53 | 10 | 2.4 | $638K | −0.9% | #624 of 1,472 |
| 4Chaves County, NM | 44 | 6 | 2.5 | $575K | −2.7% | #856 of 1,472 |
| 5McKinley County, NM | 43 | 5 | 2.3 | $618K | −6.1% | #887 of 1,472 |
| 6Lea County, NM | 34 | 7 | 2.8 | $429K | +0.2% | #1,119 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Bernalillo 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 Bernalillo County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 funeral homes in Bernalillo County. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Bernalillo County, NM spend on funerals?
About $38.7M a year, or $136 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 285,495 households in Bernalillo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bernalillo County, NM compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Bernalillo County has 0.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $1.5M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Bernalillo County would have about 57, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,026 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Bernalillo County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Bernalillo County at 667,601 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 285,495 households. The median household income in Bernalillo County is $69,473 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Bernalillo County scores 65 for funeral homes (upper middle), #346 of 1,472 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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