Funeral services · Metro area · Texas
Funeral homes in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area
How the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #163 of 377 scored metro areas
#10 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 56
- 5 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- +19.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $36.3M
- On funerals · $134 a household
- Spending per listing
- $648K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 921,549
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on funerals in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area comes to about $36.3M a year: $134 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 56 funeral homes, that is $648K per home, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 56 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 9%, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area classed as funeral homes and funeral services, up 19.2% from 2019. That is one for every 8,716 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #163 of 377 scored metro areas and #10 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $648K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 8,716 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +19.2% | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $134 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $54,338 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31+19.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 224
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 565 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 921,549+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 270,210
- Median age
- 31.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $54,338+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,309
- Median home value
- $140,900
- Jobs located here
- 292,679
- Daytime population
- 862,027Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Texas, with the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area marked.
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 |
Other business types in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area
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 the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 funeral homes in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area. 5 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023, up 19.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area spend on funerals?
About $36.3M a year, or $134 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $648K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 270,210 households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 2.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $648K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area would have about 54, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,716 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area at 921,549 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 270,210 households. The median household income in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area is $54,338 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area scores 52 for funeral homes (upper middle), #163 of 377 scored metro areas.
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