Funeral services · Small-town market · Texas
Funeral homes in the Alice, TX area
The funeral homes in the Alice, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #274 of 365 scored small-town markets
#15 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.6M
- On funerals · $157 a household
- Spending per listing
- $319K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,383
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 funeral homes in the Alice area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $157 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in the Alice area spend about $2.6M a year on funerals. That is about $319K of household spending for each home on map listings, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Alice area in 2023. That is one for every 3,251 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Alice area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in the Alice area is 35 (lower middle), #274 of 365 scored small-town markets and #15 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Alice area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Alice area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $319K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,251 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $157 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $50,888 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Alice 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 Alice area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,383−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,256
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,809 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $50,888
- Average household income
- $71,368
- Median home value
- $113,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,922
- Daytime population
- 42,246Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brenham, TX | 82 | 5 | 3.2 | $510K | +7.0% | #22 of 365 |
| 2Athens, TX | 81 | 9 | 2.7 | $642K | +7.5% | #25 of 365 |
| 3Huntsville, TX | 76 | 7 | 2.7 | $540K | +9.5% | #46 of 365 |
| 4Brownwood, TX | 75 | 6 | 4.0 | $444K | +1.7% | #48 of 365 |
| 5Bonham, TX | 72 | 5 | 3.9 | $432K | +9.2% | #54 of 365 |
| 6Sulphur Springs, TX | 69 | 5 | 3.6 | $441K | +6.1% | #71 of 365 |
| 7Corsicana, TX | 67 | 7 | 3.7 | $395K | +8.2% | #85 of 365 |
| 8Paris, TX | 66 | 11 | 4.4 | $353K | +2.6% | #90 of 365 |
| 9Jacksonville, TX | 63 | 9 | 4.9 | $321K | +5.4% | #103 of 365 |
| 10Palestine, TX | 62 | 7 | 4.0 | $374K | +3.2% | #108 of 365 |
| 15Alice, TX | 35 | 8 | 4.9 | $319K | −1.3% | #274 of 365 |
Other business types in the Alice area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Alice, TX area?
The Alice area has 8 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Alice, TX area spend on funerals?
About $2.6M a year, or $157 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $319K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,256 households in the Alice area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alice, TX area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Alice area has 4.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $319K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Alice area would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,251 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Alice, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Alice area at 45,383 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,256 households. Median household income in the Alice area is $50,888, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Alice area scores 35 for funeral homes (lower middle), #274 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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