Funeral services · County · Arkansas
Funeral homes in Miller County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for funeral homes in Miller County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,148 of 1,472 scored counties
#16 of 31 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.1M
- On funerals · $131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $357K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 76% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,357
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Miller County is 33 (lower middle), #1,148 of 1,472 scored counties and #16 of 31 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $131 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Miller County spend about $2.1M a year on funerals. That works out to $357K per home, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
Miller County has 6 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Miller County in 2023. That is one for every 5,453 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Miller County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Miller 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 | Miller County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $357K | $409K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,453 | 5,716 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.5% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $131 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $48,836 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 27 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $350K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Miller 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 Miller County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,357−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 16,359
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 624 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $48,836+12.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,099
- Median home value
- $153,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,266
- Daytime population
- 38,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 16Miller County, AR | 33 | 6 | 3.7 | $357K | −0.5% | #1,148 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Miller 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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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Miller County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 funeral homes in Miller County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Miller County, AR spend on funerals?
About $2.1M a year, or $131 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $357K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,359 households in Miller County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Miller County, AR compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Miller County has 3.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $357K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Miller County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,453 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Miller County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Miller County at 42,357 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,359 households. The median household income in Miller County is $48,836 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.6% 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. Miller County scores 33 for funeral homes (lower middle), #1,148 of 1,472 scored counties.
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