Crossett is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 6,081 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Crossett is the 63rd largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Crossett is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.2% of the Crossett workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Crossett is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crossett who work in sales jobs (10.11%), office and administrative support jobs (8.75%), and teaching (8.58%).

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 11.14 minutes getting to work every day.

Crossett is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Crossett 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. 96.63% 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.

Crossett is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Crossett Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Crossett is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 15.93% of adults 25 and older in Crossett have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Crossett in 2000 was $18,288, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,152 for a family of four.

Crossett is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crossett home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Crossett is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Crossett include English, Irish, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Crossett is English. Some people also speak Spanish.