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Funeral homes in Freestone County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #675 of 1,472 scored counties
#57 of 97 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.3M
On funerals · $178 a household
Spending per listing
$210K
69% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
4.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,811
+7.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Freestone County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 8.5 for every 10,000 households, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Freestone County comes to about $1.3M a year: $178 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $210K per home, 69% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Freestone County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Freestone County grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Freestone County is 52 (upper middle), #675 of 1,472 scored counties and #57 of 97 scored counties in Texas.

How Freestone 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 Freestone County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFreestone CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.51.72.1
Spending per listing$210K$693K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a11,1948,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$178$121$143
Median household income$59,960$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5261

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
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Freestone 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 Freestone County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,811+7.1% since 2020
Households
7,090
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
878 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$59,960+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,521
Median home value
$168,000
Jobs located here
4,661
Daytime population
16,084Residents 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 Freestone 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
57Freestone County, TX5268.5$210K+7.1%#675 of 1,472

Other business types in Freestone County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Freestone County, TX?

Freestone County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Freestone County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $1.3M a year, or $178 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $210K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,090 households in Freestone County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Freestone County has 8.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $210K, 69% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Freestone County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Freestone County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Freestone County at 20,811 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,090 households. Median household income in Freestone County is $59,960, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Freestone County scores 52 for funeral homes (upper middle), #675 of 1,472 scored counties.

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