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Funeral homes in Stone County, AR

How Stone 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 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.1M
On funerals · $201 a household
Spending per listing
$352K
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
2.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,703
+2.9% 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 3 funeral homes in Stone County. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Household spending on funerals in Stone County comes to about $1.1M a year: $201 per household, 41% above the U.S. average. That is about $352K of household spending for each home on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Stone County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stone County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 funeral homes on map listings, Stone County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Stone 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 Stone County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureStone CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.73.42.1
Spending per listing$352K$409K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a5,7168,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$201$139$143
Median household income$40,943$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored27

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
31 chain location
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 Stone 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 Stone County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,703+2.9% since 2020
Households
5,262
Median age
46.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
606 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$40,943+7.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$56,465
Median home value
$171,600
Jobs located here
2,494
Daytime population
11,462Residents 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 Stone 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
Stone County, ARNot scored35.7$352K+2.9%

Other business types in Stone County

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

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Stone County, AR?

There are 3 funeral homes on map listings in Stone County as of September 2026. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. No official count is published for funeral homes and funeral services in Stone County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $1.1M a year, or $201 per household. That is 41% above the U.S. average (an index of 141, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $352K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,262 households in Stone County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stone County has 5.7 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $352K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Stone County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Stone County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Stone County at 12,703 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,262 households. Median household income in Stone County is $40,943, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.2%, 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. Stone County has no market score for funeral homes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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