Funeral services · Metro area · Oklahoma
Funeral homes in the Lawton, OK metro area
The funeral homes in the Lawton, OK metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #331 of 377 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On funerals · $125 a household
- Spending per listing
- $451K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 127,590
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Lawton metro area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #331 of 377 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 funeral homes in the Lawton metro area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Lawton metro area spend about $5.9M a year on funerals, or $125 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 funeral homes, that is $451K per home, 33% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Lawton metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 7,823 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lawton metro area grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lawton metro area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Lawton metro area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $451K | $462K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 7,823 | 6,456 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $125 | $132 | $143 |
| Median household income | $60,665 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Lawton 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 Lawton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 127,590+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,938
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,702 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $60,665+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,396
- Median home value
- $161,000
- Jobs located here
- 38,111
- Daytime population
- 121,235Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lawton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oklahoma City, OK | 51 | 102 | 1.8 | $667K | +5.8% | #168 of 377 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 50 | 18 | 2.0 | $715K | +3.1% | #177 of 377 |
| 2Tulsa, OK | 46 | 88 | 2.2 | $602K | +5.1% | #203 of 377 |
| 3Enid, OK | 28 | 6 | 2.5 | $559K | −1.5% | #319 of 377 |
| 4Lawton, OK | 27 | 13 | 2.8 | $451K | +0.7% | #331 of 377 |
Other business types in the Lawton 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 Lawton, OK metro area?
There are 13 funeral homes on map listings in the Lawton metro area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Lawton, OK metro area spend on funerals?
About $5.9M a year, or $125 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $451K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,938 households in the Lawton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lawton, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Lawton metro area has 2.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $451K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Lawton metro area would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,823 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lawton, OK metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lawton metro area at 127,590 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,938 households. Median household income in the Lawton metro area is $60,665, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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 Lawton metro area scores 27 for funeral homes (lower middle), #331 of 377 scored metro areas.
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