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Funeral homes in Orange County, TX

How Orange 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #802 of 1,472 scored counties
#66 of 97 scored counties in Texas

Listings
12
2 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.3M
On funerals · $133 a household
Spending per listing
$359K
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
76% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
86,266
+1.8% 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 12 funeral homes in Orange County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Households in Orange County spend about $4.3M a year on funerals, or $133 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 funeral homes, that is $359K per home, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Orange County in 2023. That is one for every 10,812 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Orange County is 47 (lower middle), #802 of 1,472 scored counties and #66 of 97 scored counties in Texas.

How Orange 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 Orange County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.71.72.1
Spending per listing$359K$693K$679K
Households per official establishment10,81211,1948,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.3%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$133$121$143
Median household income$72,104$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4761

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
122 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
86,266+1.8% since 2020
Households
32,437
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
334 sq. mi.
People per square mile
256
Median household income
$72,104+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,821
Median home value
$173,400
Jobs located here
21,842
Daytime population
69,740Residents 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 Orange 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
66Orange County, TX47123.7$359K+1.8%#802 of 1,472

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Orange County, TX?

There are 12 funeral homes on map listings in Orange County as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) 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 Orange County, TX spend on funerals?

About $4.3M a year, or $133 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $359K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,437 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 3.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $359K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Orange County would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,812 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 86,266 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,437 households. Median household income in Orange County is $72,104, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.4%, 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. 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. Orange County scores 47 for funeral homes (lower middle), #802 of 1,472 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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