About Crossville

Crossville is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,493 people and just one neighborhood, Crossville is the 256th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Crossville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.3% of Crossville's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Crossville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crossville who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.24%), sales jobs (12.93%), and teaching (8.18%).

Crossville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Crossville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.15% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Crossville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Crossville Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Crossville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.99% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Crossville in 2000 was $14,326, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,304 for a family of four.

The people who call Crossville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Crossville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Crossville include Irish and English.

The most common language spoken in Crossville is English.