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Funeral homes in Woodruff County, AR

How Woodruff 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$414K
On funerals · $154 a household
Spending per listing
$138K
80% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
5.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,710
−8.2% 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

Households in Woodruff County spend about $414K a year on funerals, or $154 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $138K of household spending for each home on map listings, 80% below the U.S. figure of $679K.

Woodruff County has 3 funeral homes on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, 5.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for funeral homes and funeral services in Woodruff County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Woodruff County from 2020 to 2025 at −8.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Woodruff 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 Woodruff County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureWoodruff CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.13.42.1
Spending per listing$138K$409K$679K
Households per official establishmentn/a5,7168,510
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−1.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.2%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on funerals$154$139$143
Median household income$48,158$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
1The 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 Woodruff 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 Woodruff County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,710−8.2% since 2020
Households
2,692
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
586 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$48,158
Average household income
$62,196
Median home value
$106,500
Jobs located here
1,947
Daytime population
5,664Residents 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 Woodruff 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
Woodruff County, ARNot scored311.1$138K−8.2%

Other business types in Woodruff County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many funeral homes are in Woodruff County, AR?

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

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

About $414K a year, or $154 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $138K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,692 households in Woodruff County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Woodruff County has 11.1 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 5.3 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $138K, 80% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the U.S. ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Woodruff County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Woodruff County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Woodruff County at 5,710 people in 2025, down 8.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,692 households. The median household income in Woodruff County is $48,158 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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