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Funeral homes in Brown County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Brown County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #469 of 1,472 scored counties
#40 of 97 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.7M
On funerals · $178 a household
Spending per listing
$444K
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
90% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,711
+1.7% 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

At $178 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in Brown County spend about $2.7M a year on funerals. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $444K per home, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Brown County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. 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 Brown County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.2M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Brown County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brown County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Brown County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #469 of 1,472 scored counties and #40 of 97 scored counties in Texas.

How Brown County 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.

Funeral homes in Brown County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.01.72.1
Spending per listing$444K$693K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a11,1948,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$178$121$143
Median household income$57,470$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6161

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
60 chain locations
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
1
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,711+1.7% since 2020
Households
14,972
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
945 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,477
Median home value
$158,900
Jobs located here
14,839
Daytime population
36,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Brown County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wood County, TX8752.7$752K+10.3%#36 of 1,472
2Comal County, TX8471.0$1.4M+27.9%#43 of 1,472
3Parker County, TX8291.6$915K+23.5%#51 of 1,472
4Williamson County, TX80160.6$1.8M+22.3%#64 of 1,472
5Fort Bend County, TX80230.8$1.5M+17.4%#66 of 1,472
6Denton County, TX79200.6$1.9M+16.9%#72 of 1,472
7Collin County, TX79300.7$1.5M+20.6%#74 of 1,472
8Smith County, TX77161.9$848K+7.8%#112 of 1,472
9Kendall County, TX7763.4$519K+19.6%#114 of 1,472
10Hays County, TX7590.9$1.1M+24.8%#135 of 1,472
40Brown County, TX6164.0$444K+1.7%#469 of 1,472

Other business types in Brown County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Brown County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Brown County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Brown County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Brown County, TX spend on funerals?

About $2.7M a year, or $178 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $444K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,972 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brown County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Brown County has 4.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $444K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Brown County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Brown County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in Brown County is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. Brown County scores 61 for funeral homes (upper middle), #469 of 1,472 scored counties.

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