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Funeral homes in Pope County, AR

How Pope County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.5M
On funerals · $143 a household
Spending per listing
$869K
28% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
64,976
+2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 funeral homes in Pope County. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Pope County comes to about $3.5M a year: $143 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $869K of household spending for each home on map listings, 28% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Pope County in 2023. That is one for every 4,870 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Pope County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 funeral homes on map listings, Pope County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pope 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.

Funeral homes in Pope County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasurePope CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.63.42.1
Spending per listing$869K$409K$679K
Households per official establishment4,8705,7168,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$143$139$143
Median household income$57,344$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored27

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
38
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Pope 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 Pope County

Population, 2025 estimate
64,976+2.5% since 2020
Households
24,348
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
811 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$57,344+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,412
Median home value
$170,100
Jobs located here
27,904
Daytime population
65,219Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Funeral homes across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Pope County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for funeral homes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR7491.8$791K+7.6%#168 of 1,472
2Benton County, AR73151.3$922K+16.0%#183 of 1,472
3Washington County, AR69121.2$863K+9.9%#252 of 1,472
4Craighead County, AR6271.6$763K+4.8%#432 of 1,472
5Garland County, AR62102.3$713K−0.6%#435 of 1,472
6Lonoke County, AR5862.1$603K+3.5%#519 of 1,472
7Faulkner County, AR57132.6$431K+8.2%#549 of 1,472
8Sebastian County, AR54122.3$603K+2.2%#601 of 1,472
9Carroll County, AR4854.4$380K+3.6%#766 of 1,472
10Greene County, AR4752.8$473K+3.4%#787 of 1,472
Pope County, ARNot scored41.6$869K+2.5%

Other business types in Pope County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Pope County, AR?

There are 4 funeral homes on map listings in Pope County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

How much do households in Pope County, AR spend on funerals?

About $3.5M a year, or $143 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $869K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,348 households in Pope County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pope County, AR compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?

Pope County has 1.6 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $869K, 28% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Pope County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,870 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Pope County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Pope County at 64,976 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,348 households. Median household income in Pope County is $57,344, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. 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. Pope County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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