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Funeral homes in Ward County, TX
The funeral homes in Ward County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $470K
- On funerals · $107 a household
- Spending per listing
- $470K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 11,125
- −4.7% since 2020
See the funeral homes around any address in Ward County
The site report maps the funeral homes on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Ward County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 funeral home in Ward County. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.
At $107 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Ward County spend about $470K a year on funerals. That works out to $470K per home.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Ward County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Ward County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 funeral home on map listings, Ward County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ward 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 | Ward County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $470K | $693K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,194 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $107 | $121 | $143 |
| Median household income | $65,952 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Ward 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 Ward County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,125−4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,388
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $65,952+4.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,784
- Median home value
- $150,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,680
- Daytime population
- 11,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ward County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the funeral homes on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Texas, with Ward County marked.
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 |
| Ward County, TX | Not scored | 1 | 2.3 | $470K | −4.7% |
Other business types in Ward 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
- Funeral homes
Questions
How many funeral homes are in Ward County, TX?
There is 1 funeral home on map listings in Ward County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Ward County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ward County, TX spend on funerals?
About $470K a year, or $107 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 funeral home on map listings, it comes to $470K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,388 households in Ward County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ward County, TX compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Ward County has 1 funeral home on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending.
How fast is Ward County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ward County at 11,125 people in 2025, down 4.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,388 households. Median household income in Ward County is $65,952, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 4.7%, 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. Ward County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Ward County. It maps the funeral homes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Ward County
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