Funeral services · Small-town market · Arkansas
Funeral homes in the Forrest City, AR area
The funeral homes in the Forrest City, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #355 of 365 scored small-town markets
#11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.2M
- On funerals · $152 a household
- Spending per listing
- $131K
- 81% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 5.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,800
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Forrest City area scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #355 of 365 scored small-town markets and #11 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on funerals in the Forrest City area comes to about $1.2M a year: $152 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 9 funeral homes, that is $131K per home, 81% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
The Forrest City area has 9 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 5.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in the Forrest City area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Forrest City area declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Forrest City area 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 | Forrest City area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $131K | $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 | −5.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $152 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $42,574 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 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
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 the Forrest City area, 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 the Forrest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,800−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,783
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,099
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,530
- Daytime population
- 21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Forrest City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harrison, AR | 77 | 5 | 2.7 | $623K | +2.4% | #37 of 365 |
| 2Russellville, AR | 66 | 6 | 1.8 | $777K | +1.6% | #86 of 365 |
| 3Paragould, AR | 58 | 5 | 2.8 | $473K | +3.4% | #128 of 365 |
| 4Batesville, AR | 53 | 6 | 4.1 | $363K | +2.2% | #161 of 365 |
| 5Searcy, AR | 52 | 13 | 4.4 | $318K | +4.2% | #170 of 365 |
| 6Malvern, AR | 42 | 6 | 4.9 | $312K | +1.1% | #227 of 365 |
| 7Pine Bluff, AR | 39 | 13 | 4.8 | $314K | −5.6% | #250 of 365 |
| 8Camden, AR | 35 | 7 | 6.8 | $266K | −3.6% | #280 of 365 |
| 9Magnolia, AR | 25 | 5 | 5.9 | $272K | −3.7% | #325 of 365 |
| 10El Dorado, AR | 16 | 8 | 5.3 | $269K | −5.2% | #350 of 365 |
| 11Forrest City, AR | 14 | 9 | 11.6 | $131K | −5.3% | #355 of 365 |
Other business types in the Forrest City area
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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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Forrest City, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 funeral homes in the Forrest City area. 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 the Forrest City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Forrest City, AR area spend on funerals?
About $1.2M a year, or $152 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $131K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in the Forrest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forrest City, AR area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Forrest City area has 11.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5.5 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $131K, 81% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Forrest City area would have about 2, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is the Forrest City, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Forrest City area at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in the Forrest City area is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Forrest City area scores 14 for funeral homes (low), #355 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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