Funeral services · County · Arkansas
Funeral homes in Desha County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Desha County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 8 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,468 of 1,472 scored counties
#30 of 31 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $636K
- On funerals · $138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $127K
- 81% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 5.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,984
- −11.8% since 2020
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What this means
For funeral homes, Desha County has a Groundwork market score of 8 (very low): #1,468 of 1,472 scored counties and #30 of 31 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in Desha County. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 5.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
At $138 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Desha County spend about $636K a year on funerals. Spread across 5 funeral homes, that is $127K per home, 81% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Desha County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Desha County from 2020 to 2025 at −11.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Desha County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Desha County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $127K | $409K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,716 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −11.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $138 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $37,662 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 8 | 27 |
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
- 50 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 Desha 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 Desha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,984−11.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,610
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 741 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $37,662+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,518
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 4,204
- Daytime population
- 10,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Desha County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 74 | 9 | 1.8 | $791K | +7.6% | #168 of 1,472 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 73 | 15 | 1.3 | $922K | +16.0% | #183 of 1,472 |
| 3Washington County, AR | 69 | 12 | 1.2 | $863K | +9.9% | #252 of 1,472 |
| 4Craighead County, AR | 62 | 7 | 1.6 | $763K | +4.8% | #432 of 1,472 |
| 5Garland County, AR | 62 | 10 | 2.3 | $713K | −0.6% | #435 of 1,472 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 58 | 6 | 2.1 | $603K | +3.5% | #519 of 1,472 |
| 7Faulkner County, AR | 57 | 13 | 2.6 | $431K | +8.2% | #549 of 1,472 |
| 8Sebastian County, AR | 54 | 12 | 2.3 | $603K | +2.2% | #601 of 1,472 |
| 9Carroll County, AR | 48 | 5 | 4.4 | $380K | +3.6% | #766 of 1,472 |
| 10Greene County, AR | 47 | 5 | 2.8 | $473K | +3.4% | #787 of 1,472 |
| 30Desha County, AR | 8 | 5 | 10.8 | $127K | −11.8% | #1,468 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Desha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
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Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Desha County, AR?
Desha County has 5 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Desha County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Desha County, AR spend on funerals?
About $636K a year, or $138 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $127K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,610 households in Desha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Desha County, AR compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Desha County has 10.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5.1 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $127K, 81% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Desha County would have about 1, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Desha County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Desha County at 9,984 people in 2025, down 11.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,610 households. Median household income in Desha County is $37,662, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Desha County scores 8 for funeral homes (very low), #1,468 of 1,472 scored counties.
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