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Funeral homes in Saline County, AR

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #168 of 1,472 scored counties
#1 of 31 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.1M
On funerals · $142 a household
Spending per listing
$791K
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
133,288
+7.6% 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

At $142 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Saline County spend about $7.1M a year on funerals. Spread across 9 funeral homes, that is $791K per home, 17% above the U.S. figure of $679K.

Saline County has 9 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 33%, against 10% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Saline County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 12,551 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Saline County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Saline County is 74 (upper middle), #168 of 1,472 scored counties and #1 of 31 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Saline 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 Saline County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSaline CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.83.42.1
Spending per listing$791K$409K$679K
Households per official establishment12,5515,7168,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$142$139$143
Median household income$79,046$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score7427

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Saline 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 Saline County

Population, 2025 estimate
133,288+7.6% since 2020
Households
50,203
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
724 sq. mi.
People per square mile
176
Median household income
$79,046+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,923
Median home value
$221,200
Jobs located here
29,052
Daytime population
99,620Residents 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 Saline 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

Other business types in Saline County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Saline County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 funeral homes in Saline County. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.

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

About $7.1M a year, or $142 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $791K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,203 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Saline County has 1.8 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $791K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Saline County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,551 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.

How fast is Saline County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Saline County at 133,288 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,203 households. The median household income in Saline County is $79,046 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Saline County scores 74 for funeral homes (upper middle), #168 of 1,472 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for funeral homes · All 56 business types in Saline County

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