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Funeral homes in Smith County, TX
The funeral homes in Smith County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #112 of 1,472 scored counties
#8 of 97 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On funerals · $163 a household
- Spending per listing
- $848K
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 252,549
- +7.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Smith County is 77 (high), #112 of 1,472 scored counties and #8 of 97 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for funeral homes.
Households in Smith County spend about $13.6M a year on funerals, or $163 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $848K of household spending for each home on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $679K.
Smith County has 16 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Smith County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 6,928 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Smith County grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Smith 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.
| Measure | Smith County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $848K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 6,928 | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $163 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $74,192 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 104
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 161 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Smith 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 Smith County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 252,549+7.8% since 2020
- Households
- 83,134
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 922 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 262
- Median household income
- $74,192+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,956
- Median home value
- $240,700
- Jobs located here
- 111,630
- Daytime population
- 252,433Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wood County, TX | 87 | 5 | 2.7 | $752K | +10.3% | #36 of 1,472 |
| 2Comal County, TX | 84 | 7 | 1.0 | $1.4M | +27.9% | #43 of 1,472 |
| 3Parker County, TX | 82 | 9 | 1.6 | $915K | +23.5% | #51 of 1,472 |
| 4Williamson County, TX | 80 | 16 | 0.6 | $1.8M | +22.3% | #64 of 1,472 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 80 | 23 | 0.8 | $1.5M | +17.4% | #66 of 1,472 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 79 | 20 | 0.6 | $1.9M | +16.9% | #72 of 1,472 |
| 7Collin County, TX | 79 | 30 | 0.7 | $1.5M | +20.6% | #74 of 1,472 |
| 8Smith County, TX | 77 | 16 | 1.9 | $848K | +7.8% | #112 of 1,472 |
| 9Kendall County, TX | 77 | 6 | 3.4 | $519K | +19.6% | #114 of 1,472 |
| 10Hays County, TX | 75 | 9 | 0.9 | $1.1M | +24.8% | #135 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Smith County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Smith County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 funeral homes in Smith County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Smith County, TX spend on funerals?
About $13.6M a year, or $163 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $848K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,134 households in Smith County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Smith County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Smith County has 1.9 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $848K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Smith County would have about 20, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,928 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Smith County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Smith County at 252,549 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,134 households. The median household income in Smith County is $74,192 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Smith County scores 77 for funeral homes (high), #112 of 1,472 scored counties.
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