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Funeral homes in Ellis County, TX
How Ellis 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #419 of 1,472 scored counties
#34 of 97 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 15
- 4 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.9M
- On funerals · $124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $592K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 240,867
- +24.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ellis County spend about $8.9M a year on funerals, or $124 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $592K of household spending for each home on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Ellis County has 15 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Ellis County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 8,970 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.5M has gone to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ellis County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ellis County grew 24.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, Ellis County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #419 of 1,472 scored counties and #34 of 97 scored counties in Texas.
How Ellis 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 | Ellis County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $592K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,970 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +24.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $124 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $99,595 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 154 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ellis 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 Ellis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 240,867+24.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,759
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 936 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 228
- Median household income
- $99,595+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,930
- Median home value
- $348,600
- Jobs located here
- 60,835
- Daytime population
- 167,890Residents 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 |
| 34Ellis County, TX | 63 | 15 | 2.1 | $592K | +24.0% | #419 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Ellis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Ellis County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 funeral homes in Ellis County. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Ellis County, TX spend on funerals?
About $8.9M a year, or $124 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $592K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,759 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ellis County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Ellis County has 2.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $592K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Ellis County would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,970 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Ellis County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ellis County at 240,867 people in 2025, up 24.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,759 households. The median household income in Ellis County is $99,595 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. Ellis County scores 63 for funeral homes (upper middle), #419 of 1,472 scored counties.
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