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Funeral homes in Lamar County, TX

How Lamar 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #569 of 1,472 scored counties
#50 of 97 scored counties in Texas

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.1M
On funerals · $155 a household
Spending per listing
$442K
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,503
+2.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 funeral homes in Lamar County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

At $155 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Lamar County spend about $3.1M a year on funerals. Spread across 7 funeral homes, that is $442K per home, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Lamar County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 6,673 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Lamar County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Lamar County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #569 of 1,472 scored counties and #50 of 97 scored counties in Texas.

How Lamar 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 Lamar County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLamar CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.51.72.1
Spending per listing$442K$693K$679K
Households per official establishment6,67311,1948,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$155$121$143
Median household income$61,880$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5661

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Lamar 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 Lamar County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,503+2.7% since 2020
Households
20,019
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
907 sq. mi.
People per square mile
56
Median household income
$61,880+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,971
Median home value
$200,700
Jobs located here
21,013
Daytime population
50,296Residents 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 Lamar 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
50Lamar County, TX5673.5$442K+2.7%#569 of 1,472

Other business types in Lamar County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Lamar County, TX?

There are 7 funeral homes on map listings in Lamar County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Lamar County, TX spend on funerals?

About $3.1M a year, or $155 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $442K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,019 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lamar County has 3.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $442K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Lamar County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,673 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Lamar County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lamar County at 51,503 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,019 households. Median household income in Lamar County is $61,880, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.2%, 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. Lamar County scores 56 for funeral homes (upper middle), #569 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Lamar County

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