Funeral services · Small-town market · Texas
Funeral homes in the Nacogdoches, TX area
How the Nacogdoches, TX area compares with other small-town markets 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 #141 of 365 scored small-town markets
#11 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On funerals · $124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $392K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 52% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,035
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in the Nacogdoches area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 52% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in the Nacogdoches area spend about $3.1M a year on funerals, or $124 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 funeral homes, that is $392K per home, 42% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Nacogdoches area classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 6,326 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Nacogdoches area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For funeral homes, the Nacogdoches area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #141 of 365 scored small-town markets and #11 of 19 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Nacogdoches 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 | Nacogdoches area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $392K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,326 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $124 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $53,555 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 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 the Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,035+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 25,302
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 946 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $53,555+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,396
- Median home value
- $169,200
- Jobs located here
- 22,006
- Daytime population
- 62,663Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brenham, TX | 82 | 5 | 3.2 | $510K | +7.0% | #22 of 365 |
| 2Athens, TX | 81 | 9 | 2.7 | $642K | +7.5% | #25 of 365 |
| 3Huntsville, TX | 76 | 7 | 2.7 | $540K | +9.5% | #46 of 365 |
| 4Brownwood, TX | 75 | 6 | 4.0 | $444K | +1.7% | #48 of 365 |
| 5Bonham, TX | 72 | 5 | 3.9 | $432K | +9.2% | #54 of 365 |
| 6Sulphur Springs, TX | 69 | 5 | 3.6 | $441K | +6.1% | #71 of 365 |
| 7Corsicana, TX | 67 | 7 | 3.7 | $395K | +8.2% | #85 of 365 |
| 8Paris, TX | 66 | 11 | 4.4 | $353K | +2.6% | #90 of 365 |
| 9Jacksonville, TX | 63 | 9 | 4.9 | $321K | +5.4% | #103 of 365 |
| 10Palestine, TX | 62 | 7 | 4.0 | $374K | +3.2% | #108 of 365 |
| 11Nacogdoches, TX | 56 | 8 | 3.2 | $392K | +2.2% | #141 of 365 |
Other business types in the Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches, TX area?
There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in the Nacogdoches area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in the Nacogdoches, TX area spend on funerals?
About $3.1M a year, or $124 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $392K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,302 households in the Nacogdoches area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nacogdoches, TX area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Nacogdoches area has 3.2 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $392K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Nacogdoches area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,326 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is the Nacogdoches, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Nacogdoches area at 66,035 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,302 households. Median household income in the Nacogdoches area is $53,555, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Nacogdoches area scores 56 for funeral homes (upper middle), #141 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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