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Funeral homes in Lincoln County, NM
How Lincoln County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.6M
- On funerals · $164 a household
- Spending per listing
- $409K
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 90% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,844
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in Lincoln County comes to about $1.6M a year: $164 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 4 funeral homes, that is $409K per home, 40% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Lincoln County has 4 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Lincoln County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Lincoln County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Lincoln County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lincoln 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 | Lincoln County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $409K | $1.1M | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,688 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $164 | $149 | $143 |
| Median household income | $53,303 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 68 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,844−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 10,000
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,831 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $53,303+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,624
- Median home value
- $233,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,275
- Daytime population
- 19,834Residents 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 |
| Lincoln County, NM | Not scored | 4 | 4.0 | $409K | −2.3% |
Other business types in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Lincoln County. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Lincoln County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lincoln County, NM spend on funerals?
About $1.6M a year, or $164 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $409K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,000 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, NM compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Lincoln County has 4.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $409K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Lincoln County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 19,844 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,000 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $53,303 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Lincoln County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lincoln County. It maps the funeral homes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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