HomeFuneral costs by stateTexasDallas
How much does a funeral cost in Dallas, TX?
A traditional burial with a service in the Dallas metro area averages $8,510 at the funeral home. Once the cemetery has billed, families typically pay closer to $16,140, which is about 4% above the Texas figure of $15,590. The metro takes in Fort Worth and Arlington as well as Dallas.
What Dallas funeral homes actually charge
Everything below this section is modelled from national survey data. This section is not. These are 55 funeral homes trading across 3 towns in the Dallas area with a direct cremation price we hold. The middle one charges $1,550. Golden Gate Funeral Home and 'a' Crematory in Dallas is recorded at $795, Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home #2251 in Dallas at $6,195, which is 7.8 times the price for the same service inside one metropolitan area.
Of the 55, 12 come in under $1,000, 26 sit between $1,000 and $1,999, 10 between $2,000 and $2,999, and 7 ask $3,000 or more. Every one of them publishes a basic services fee as well, the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down. Ring three at random rather than one and you would expect to pay $720 less than the $1,886 average.
| Funeral home | Where | Direct cremation | Basic services fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gate Funeral Home and 'a' Crematory | Dallas, TX | $795 | $1,995 |
| Amalla Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $795 | $1,395 |
| Golden Gate Chapel Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $795 | $1,995 |
| Spears Mortuary & Family Service | Dallas, TX | $800 | $1,400 |
| Lomax Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $850 | $1,395 |
| Martin Thompson & Son Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $895 | $995 |
| Baumgardner Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $925 | $1,800 |
| Ferguson-Como Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $985 | $545 |
| Eternal Rest Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $995 | $1,600 |
| Hughes Funeral Homes - Ed C. Smith Chapel | Dallas, TX | $995 | $2,195 |
| Jeter & Son Funeral Home Inc | Dallas, TX | $995 | $1,995 |
| Simple Cremation | Fort Worth, TX | $995 | $695 |
| Sacred Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | $1,500 |
| Lott's Mortuary | Dallas, TX | $1,075 | $1,395 |
| Hughes Family Tribute Center | Dallas, TX | $1,195 | $1,950 |
| Thrash Memorial Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,250 | $1,250 |
| Peaceful Rest Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,275 | $1,150 |
| Troy Suggs Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,295 | $1,850 |
| Morris-Bates Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $1,345 | $1,295 |
| Biggers Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $1,392 | $2,955 |
| Guardian Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $1,395 | $1,170 |
| Calvario Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,475 | $1,295 |
| Calvary Memorial Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,490 | $1,295 |
| Carrillo Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | $1,480 |
| Paradise Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | $1,700 |
| Carrillo Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $1,500 | $1,480 |
| Lucas Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $1,545 | $2,045 |
| Angel Hills Funeral Home | Arlington, TX | $1,550 | $1,450 |
| Gregory W Spencer Funeral Services | Fort Worth, TX | $1,565 | $1,895 |
| Calvario Funeral Chapel | Fort Worth, TX | $1,595 | $1,550 |
| Mayfield Kiser Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $1,595 | $2,495 |
| Brown-Owens & Brumley Family Funeral Home & Crematory | Fort Worth, TX | $1,695 | $2,495 |
| Lincoln Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,775 | $1,895 |
| Wade Funeral Home | Arlington, TX | $1,780 | $2,550 |
| Gonzalez Funeral Home and Crematory | Dallas, TX | $1,795 | $2,195 |
| Singing Hills Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $1,795 | $2,195 |
| Robertson Mueller Harper Funeral Directors | Fort Worth, TX | $1,900 | $2,295 |
| Aria Cremation Services | Dallas, TX | $1,995 | $2,395 |
| Neptune Society Cremation Services | Fort Worth, TX | $2,077 | $975 |
| Laurel Land Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $2,595 | $3,530 |
| Calvary Hill Funeral Home #1458 | Dallas, TX | $2,795 | $3,995 |
| Sparkman/Crane Funeral Home #2253 | Dallas, TX | $2,850 | $3,995 |
| Ted Dickey Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $2,850 | $4,025 |
| Evergreen Memorial | Dallas, TX | $2,885 | $1,415 |
| Moore Bowen Road Funeral Home #4274 | Arlington, TX | $2,940 | $4,395 |
| Parkdale Cemetary #0730 | Arlington, TX | $2,940 | $4,395 |
| Laurel Land Rose Hill | Fort Worth, TX | $2,940 | $4,430 |
| Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $2,950 | $3,650 |
| Grove Hil Funeral Home #2201 | Dallas, TX | $3,095 | $4,595 |
| Lakeview Funeral Home | Fort Worth, TX | $3,095 | $3,480 |
| Sandra Clark Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $3,110 | $1,690 |
| Black & Clark Funeral Home | Dallas, TX | $3,185 | $2,010 |
| Laurel Land Funeral Home of Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $3,195 | $4,395 |
| Restland Funeral Home/Rembrandt Florist at Restlan | Dallas, TX | $3,965 | $5,425 |
| Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home #2251 | Dallas, TX | $6,195 | $7,270 |
Published June 19, 2016 by the Parting funeral home directory. Prices for other homes on this list carry their own dates, shown on each home's page. They are the figures we hold rather than quotes, several are years old, and no funeral home is bound by them. Every funeral home in Dallas.
Estimated burial with a service in Dallas
- Funeral home services, viewing and ceremony$5,940
- Casket, standard$2,570
- Cemetery plot$2,360
- Opening and closing the grave$1,480
- Burial vault or grave liner$1,740
- Headstone or marker$2,050
Most families have no plan for this
A burial insurance policy is written to cover exactly this amount. It pays out in days rather than months, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam, only health questions.
The calculator is set to Dallas. The funeral home lines are scaled by what these 58 homes charge against the Texas median, a factor of 0.98, and the plot by local land prices.
What makes up the $16,140 in Dallas
| Item | Billed by | Dallas | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral service with viewing | Funeral home | $5,940 | $6,080 |
| Casket, standard steel | Funeral home | $2,570 | $2,450 |
| Cemetery plot | Cemetery | $2,360 | $1,930 |
| Opening and closing the grave | Cemetery | $1,480 | $1,510 |
| Burial vault or grave liner | Cemetery | $1,740 | $1,660 |
| Headstone or marker | Monument dealer | $2,050 | $1,960 |
| Total | $16,140 | $15,590 |
The 58 published fees above put Dallas at $1,973 against $2,050 across Texas, so the funeral home lines carry a factor of 0.98, that ratio pulled toward the state by how many homes stand behind it. The plot is the exception, scaled by land prices, Dallas at 117.9 against 96.5 for Texas (2024 BEA parities). The full working is on the Texas page.
Why we stopped using a cost of living index for any of this.
Funeral homes in the Dallas area
The Census counts 228 death care establishments in the Dallas metro, meaning funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries, employing about 2,281 people (2023 County Business Patterns). We hold a direct cremation price for 55 of them, and the spread between the cheapest and the dearest is $5,400. That is 7.8 times the price for the same service, inside one metropolitan area, which is a larger difference than the one between Dallas and Texas as a whole.
Cremation in Dallas
Cremation with a service models out at $6,470 here, about $2,040 less than a burial at the funeral home because there is no casket, plot, vault or headstone to buy. Strip the service out and the Dallas homes themselves put the middle direct cremation at $1,550, 55 of them measured, 12 of those under $1,000, which puts roughly $4,920 on the ceremony, the viewing and the staff time around it. For a family choosing on price alone that gap is the whole decision, and it is a bigger number than anything the metro comparison above turns on.
Your rights when you ring a Dallas funeral home
All 55 of the homes listed above owe you the same thing on the telephone, without being told who you are. Golden Gate Funeral Home and 'a' Crematory at $795 and Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home #2251 at $6,195 are the two ends of it. Working down from the $1,550 in the middle of that list is worth $755 before anyone has driven anywhere. What the law requires of Texas funeral homes sets out the rest.
Covering $16,140 in Dallas
$16,140 is the number a policy here would be written for, and it is $550 more than the Texas average, which is the sort of thing people get wrong when they pick a round figure. It pays out in days rather than weeks, and for most people over 50 there is no medical exam.
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How much does a funeral cost in Dallas?
About $16,140 for a burial with a viewing once the cemetery has billed, of which $8,510 goes to the funeral home and $7,630 to the cemetery and the monument dealer. The funeral home half is the West South Central survey median moved by what 58 Dallas homes actually publish, and the cemetery half by local land prices. They are estimates, not quotes.
Is a funeral more expensive in Dallas than the rest of Texas?
Yes, by about 4%, $16,140 against $15,590, and it is mostly the land under the plot rather than the funeral home. Inside the metro the same direct cremation runs from $795 to $6,195, a wider gap than the one between Dallas and Texas.
How much does cremation cost in Dallas?
The middle of the 55 Dallas area homes we hold a price for charges $1,550 for a direct cremation, from $795 at Golden Gate Funeral Home and 'a' Crematory up to $6,195 at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home #2251. Add a service and the model puts it near $6,470. Every price here is one we hold rather than a quote, several are years old, and each carries its own date on that home's page.
Which funeral home is cheapest in Dallas?
Golden Gate Funeral Home and 'a' Crematory in Dallas, at $795, and 11 other Dallas area homes are also under $1,000. Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home #2251 is $5,400 higher for the same service. Prices move and several of ours are years old, so treat the list as where to start ringing, worth about $720 on three calls, not as the answer.
Does every Dallas funeral home charge a basic services fee?
Yes, all of them, and in Dallas the published ones run $545 to $7,270 with $1,973 in the middle, across the 58 we hold. It is the charge you cannot decline whatever else you turn down, so it sets the floor under everything else on this page, and Golden Gate Funeral Home and 'a' Crematory, cheapest here on cremation at $795, asks $1,995 for it.
Other metro areas in Texas
- Houston$15,450
- Austin$16,920
- San Antonio$15,570