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Martial arts and dance studios in St. Francis County, AR

How St. Francis County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.3M
On memberships, classes and admissions · $418 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,800
−5.3% 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 St. Francis County spend about $3.3M a year on memberships, classes and admissions, or $418 per household, 58% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per studio. The spending figure covers all memberships, classes and admissions, not only martial arts and dance studios.

There is 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings in St. Francis County as of September 2026. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in St. Francis County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Francis County declined 5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, St. Francis County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How St. Francis County compares

The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all memberships, classes and admissions by the martial arts and dance studios counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Martial arts and dance studios in St. Francis County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Francis CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.33.94.9
Spending per listing$3.3M$1.6M$2M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,9633,473
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.4%+11.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on memberships, classes and admissions$418$617$983
Median household income$42,574$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

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
10 chain locations
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 sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in St. Francis 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 St. Francis County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,800−5.3% since 2020
Households
7,783
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
55%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
635 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$42,574+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,099
Median home value
$90,900
Jobs located here
6,530
Daytime population
21,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Martial arts and dance studios across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for martial arts and dance studios, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with St. Francis County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for martial arts and dance studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR67173.4$2.1M+7.6%#228 of 1,334
2Benton County, AR50635.6$1.6M+16.0%#680 of 1,334
3Lonoke County, AR45165.6$1.2M+3.5%#834 of 1,334
4Faulkner County, AR41244.9$1.4M+8.2%#924 of 1,334
5Washington County, AR41525.4$1.3M+9.9%#925 of 1,334
6White County, AR41144.7$1.1M+4.2%#930 of 1,334
7Pope County, AR4072.9$2M+2.5%#934 of 1,334
8Crawford County, AR3983.4$1.7M+4.1%#964 of 1,334
9Craighead County, AR35204.5$1.4M+4.8%#1,043 of 1,334
10Pulaski County, AR34683.9$1.7M+1.3%#1,055 of 1,334
St. Francis County, ARNot scored11.3$3.3M−5.3%

Other business types in St. Francis County

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

Questions

How many martial arts and dance studios are in St. Francis County, AR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 martial arts or dance studio in St. Francis County. The listings count martial arts and dance studios. No official count is published for sports, recreation and fine arts instruction in St. Francis County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in St. Francis County, AR spend on memberships, classes and admissions?

About $3.3M a year, or $418 per household. That is 58% below the U.S. average (an index of 42, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per studio. That spending covers all memberships, classes and admissions, which martial arts and dance studios share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,783 households in St. Francis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Francis County, AR compare with the U.S. for martial arts and dance studios?

St. Francis County has 1 martial arts or dance studio on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of martial arts and dance studios to household spending, St. Francis County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is St. Francis County, AR growing?

Population estimates put St. Francis County at 21,800 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,783 households. The median household income in St. Francis County is $42,574 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. St. Francis County has no market score for martial arts and dance studios: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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