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Tire shops in Pope County, AR
The tire shops in Pope County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,412 of 1,530 scored counties
#24 of 32 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 24
- 8 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $925K
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,976
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Pope County scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #1,412 of 1,530 scored counties and #24 of 32 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 tire shops in Pope County. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Pope County comes to about $22.2M a year: $912 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $925K per shop, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Pope County in 2023. That is one for every 1,739 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pope County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
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 vehicle maintenance and repairs by the tire shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Pope County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $925K | $1.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,739 | 4,621 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $912 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,344 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 248 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 tire dealers 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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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for tire shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Pope County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 77 | 36 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +16.0% | #142 of 1,530 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 66 | 19 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +7.6% | #382 of 1,530 |
| 3Crawford County, AR | 62 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +4.1% | #472 of 1,530 |
| 4Lonoke County, AR | 57 | 10 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +3.5% | #599 of 1,530 |
| 5Carroll County, AR | 53 | 5 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +3.6% | #707 of 1,530 |
| 6Washington County, AR | 49 | 40 | 4.1 | $2.2M | +9.9% | #801 of 1,530 |
| 7Garland County, AR | 43 | 18 | 4.1 | $2.1M | −0.6% | #954 of 1,530 |
| 8Boone County, AR | 43 | 8 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +3.3% | #961 of 1,530 |
| 9Independence County, AR | 41 | 7 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #1,007 of 1,530 |
| 10Cleburne County, AR | 38 | 5 | 4.8 | $1.9M | +3.9% | #1,076 of 1,530 |
| 24Pope County, AR | 19 | 24 | 9.9 | $925K | +2.5% | #1,412 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Pope County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Pope County, AR?
There are 24 tire shops on map listings in Pope County as of September 2026. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Pope County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $22.2M a year, or $912 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $925K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. 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 tire shops?
Pope County has 9.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $925K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Pope County would have about 9, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,739 households, against one for every 6,381 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 scores 19 for tire shops (low), #1,412 of 1,530 scored counties.
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