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Funeral homes in Cameron County, TX
How Cameron County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #290 of 1,472 scored counties
#21 of 97 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 28
- 3 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.1M
- On funerals · $145 a household
- Spending per listing
- $719K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $145 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Cameron County spend about $20.1M a year on funerals. That is about $719K of household spending for each home on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 28 funeral homes on map listings in Cameron County as of September 2026. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cameron County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 11,536 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cameron County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Cameron County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #290 of 1,472 scored counties and #21 of 97 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cameron 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.
| Measure | Cameron County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $719K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 11,536 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $145 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $52,601 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 283 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Cameron 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 Cameron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 138,433
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 478
- Median household income
- $52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,931
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 146,355
- Daytime population
- 405,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wood County, TX | 87 | 5 | 2.7 | $752K | +10.3% | #36 of 1,472 |
| 2Comal County, TX | 84 | 7 | 1.0 | $1.4M | +27.9% | #43 of 1,472 |
| 3Parker County, TX | 82 | 9 | 1.6 | $915K | +23.5% | #51 of 1,472 |
| 4Williamson County, TX | 80 | 16 | 0.6 | $1.8M | +22.3% | #64 of 1,472 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 80 | 23 | 0.8 | $1.5M | +17.4% | #66 of 1,472 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 79 | 20 | 0.6 | $1.9M | +16.9% | #72 of 1,472 |
| 7Collin County, TX | 79 | 30 | 0.7 | $1.5M | +20.6% | #74 of 1,472 |
| 8Smith County, TX | 77 | 16 | 1.9 | $848K | +7.8% | #112 of 1,472 |
| 9Kendall County, TX | 77 | 6 | 3.4 | $519K | +19.6% | #114 of 1,472 |
| 10Hays County, TX | 75 | 9 | 0.9 | $1.1M | +24.8% | #135 of 1,472 |
| 21Cameron County, TX | 68 | 28 | 2.0 | $719K | +3.0% | #290 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Cameron 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 Cameron County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 funeral homes in Cameron County. 3 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Cameron County, TX spend on funerals?
About $20.1M a year, or $145 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $719K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 138,433 households in Cameron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cameron County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Cameron County has 2.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $719K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cameron County would have about 30, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,536 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Cameron County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Cameron County at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. The median household income in Cameron County is $52,601 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.7% 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. Cameron County scores 68 for funeral homes (upper middle), #290 of 1,472 scored counties.
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