Funeral services · Metro area · Texas
Funeral homes in the Longview, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in the Longview, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #307 of 377 scored metro areas
#22 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 38
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.8M
- On funerals · $146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $416K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,315
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Longview metro area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #307 of 377 scored metro areas and #22 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $146 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Longview metro area spend about $15.8M a year on funerals. That is about $416K of household spending for each home on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There are 38 funeral homes on map listings in the Longview metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 5%, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Longview metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,507 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Longview metro area grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Longview metro area 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 | Longview metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $416K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,507 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $146 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $66,647 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24
- Employees, 2023
- 128
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 382 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 the Longview metro area, 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 the Longview metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,315+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 108,174
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,681 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $66,647+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,416
- Median home value
- $184,400
- Jobs located here
- 115,152
- Daytime population
- 282,081Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 74 | 85 | 0.9 | $1.1M | +14.0% | #51 of 377 |
| 2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 73 | 115 | 1.2 | $1.1M | +9.5% | #59 of 377 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 68 | 352 | 1.2 | $924K | +10.6% | #80 of 377 |
| 4Tyler, TX | 68 | 16 | 1.9 | $848K | +7.8% | #81 of 377 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 65 | 357 | 1.3 | $842K | +10.3% | #94 of 377 |
| 6Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 62 | 28 | 2.0 | $719K | +3.0% | #114 of 377 |
| 7El Paso, TX | 61 | 32 | 1.1 | $1.2M | +1.3% | #115 of 377 |
| 8Killeen-Temple, TX | 55 | 32 | 1.8 | $629K | +7.2% | #148 of 377 |
| 9Sherman-Denison, TX | 54 | 18 | 3.3 | $465K | +12.8% | #154 of 377 |
| 10McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 52 | 56 | 2.1 | $648K | +5.6% | #163 of 377 |
| 22Longview, TX | 31 | 38 | 3.5 | $416K | +3.8% | #307 of 377 |
Other business types in the Longview metro area
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Longview, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 38 funeral homes in the Longview metro area. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Longview, TX metro area spend on funerals?
About $15.8M a year, or $146 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $416K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,174 households in the Longview metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Longview, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Longview metro area has 3.5 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $416K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Longview metro area would have about 23, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,507 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Longview, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Longview metro area at 297,315 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 108,174 households. The median household income in the Longview metro area is $66,647 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. The Longview metro area scores 31 for funeral homes (lower middle), #307 of 377 scored metro areas.
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