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Funeral homes in Cherokee County, TX
How Cherokee 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #648 of 1,472 scored counties
#56 of 97 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.9M
- On funerals · $159 a household
- Spending per listing
- $321K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,337
- +5.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 funeral homes in Cherokee County. One of them (11%) 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.
Households in Cherokee County spend about $2.9M a year on funerals, or $159 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $321K per home, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Cherokee County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 6,062 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Cherokee County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Cherokee County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #648 of 1,472 scored counties and #56 of 97 scored counties in Texas.
How Cherokee 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 | Cherokee County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $321K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,062 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $159 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $61,261 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,337+5.4% since 2020
- Households
- 18,185
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,053 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $61,261+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,667
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,759
- Daytime population
- 45,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cherokee County?
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Cherokee County marked.
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 |
| 56Cherokee County, TX | 53 | 9 | 4.9 | $321K | +5.4% | #648 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County, TX?
Cherokee County has 9 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Cherokee County, TX spend on funerals?
About $2.9M a year, or $159 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $321K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,185 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Cherokee County has 4.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $321K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 4, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,062 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 53,337 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,185 households. Median household income in Cherokee County is $61,261, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Cherokee County scores 53 for funeral homes (upper middle), #648 of 1,472 scored counties.
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