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Funeral homes in Howard County, TX
The funeral homes in Howard County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,459 of 1,472 scored counties
#97 of 97 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.5M
- On funerals · $123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $250K
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Howard County is 11 (low), #1,459 of 1,472 scored counties and #97 of 97 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $123 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Howard County spend about $1.5M a year on funerals. Spread across 6 funeral homes, that is $250K per home, 63% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 6 funeral homes on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Howard County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County declined 12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $250K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $123 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 61 |
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
- 62 chain locations
- 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents 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 |
| 97Howard County, TX | 11 | 6 | 4.9 | $250K | −12.4% | #1,459 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Howard 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 Howard County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 funeral homes in Howard County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Howard County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on funerals?
About $1.5M a year, or $123 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $250K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Howard County has 4.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $250K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Howard County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Howard County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Howard County scores 11 for funeral homes (low), #1,459 of 1,472 scored counties.
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