Funeral services · Small-town market · Arkansas
Funeral homes in the Paragould, AR area
How the Paragould, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #128 of 365 scored small-town markets
#3 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.4M
- On funerals · $132 a household
- Spending per listing
- $473K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,411
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 funeral homes in the Paragould area. None of them are chain locations, against 10% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Household spending on funerals in the Paragould area comes to about $2.4M a year: $132 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $473K per home, 30% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in the Paragould area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paragould area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Paragould area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for funeral homes, ranking #128 of 365 scored small-town markets and #3 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Paragould 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 | Paragould area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $473K | $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 | +3.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $132 | $139 | $143 |
| Median household income | $57,839 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 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
- 4The 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 Paragould 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 Paragould area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,411+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,994
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 577 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $57,839+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,756
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 21,057
- Daytime population
- 48,090Residents 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 Paragould 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 |
Other business types in the Paragould area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in the Paragould, AR area?
The Paragould area 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 the Paragould area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Paragould, AR area spend on funerals?
About $2.4M a year, or $132 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $473K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,994 households in the Paragould area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paragould, AR area compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
The Paragould area has 2.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $473K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, the Paragould area would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Paragould, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Paragould area at 47,411 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,994 households. Median household income in the Paragould area is $57,839, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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 Paragould area scores 58 for funeral homes (upper middle), #128 of 365 scored small-town markets.
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