Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety30#10,892/15,637
Economy8#14,309/15,631
Housing91#1,391/14,977
Health9#14,191/15,609
Healthcare7#14,480/15,650
Environment22#12,098/15,453
Education13#13,573/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,814/15,650
Community11#13,910/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,336/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crossett, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ashley County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Pharmacies · high3.9 /10k
99/100Arkansas 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAshley County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low106 min
94/100Arkansas 165 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAshley County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Arkansas 7.0 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAshley County value
Social associations · high15.3 /10k
92/100Arkansas 11.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAshley County value
Average commute time · low18.4 min
88/100Arkansas 22.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAshley County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high21.0
0/100Arkansas 12.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAshley County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.8 /10k
2/100Arkansas 7.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAshley County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low28.1%
2/100Arkansas 63.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAshley County value
Food environment index · low5.8
3/100Arkansas 4.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAshley County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,647 /100k
3/100Arkansas 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAshley County value
Adult obesity · high46.0%
3/100Arkansas 40.6%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
4,972 (2015-2019) → 4,639 (2020-2024)
−6.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
47.1% (2015-2019) → 81.8% (2020-2024)
+35 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.5% (2015-2019) → 44.6% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
10.0 min (2015-2019) → 18.4 min (2020-2024)
+84%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.7% (2015-2019) → 25.5% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
8.9% (2015-2019) → 17.4% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Crossett, Arkansas improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+35 points47.1% → 81.8%
Bachelor's++14 points11.7% → 25.5%

Declined1

Child poverty+29 points15.5% → 44.6%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Crossett, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.0 min2015-2019	18.4 min2020-2024	+8.4 min	Within the margin of error	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	47.1%2015-2019	81.8%2020-2024	+35 points	Improved	99%
Child poverty rate	15.5%2015-2019	44.6%2020-2024	+29 points	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.77%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	50%
High school diploma or higher	85.4%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	69%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5392015-2019	0.4582020-2024	−0.081	Within the margin of error	93%
Median household income	$38,9422015-2019	$44,6722020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	23%
Poverty rate	18.5%2015-2019	22.0%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	36.8%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent-burdened households	57.7%2015-2019	52.1%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.9%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Within the margin of error	4%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Crossett, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crossett, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Crossett, Arkansas itself moved +12.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,639 residents (±17)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,639 residents (±17)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White52%2,405
Black43%1,976
Hispanic or Latino1.1%†53

Education

3,353 residents (±215)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma8.1%†270
High school or GED42%1,416
Some college17%†560

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,105 households (±172)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k33%†696
$25k–50k23%†476
$50k–75k14%†299
$75k–100k18%†381
$100k–150k9.5%†199
$150k–200k1.6%†33
$200k or more1.0%†21

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,105 households (±172)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own55%1,148
Rent45%957

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

920 households (±222)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75059%†546
$750–1,00027%†244
$1,000–1,50012%†110

Home values

1,148 homes (±179)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k61%†698
$150k–250k22%†250
$250k–400k17%†200

Age of homes

2,569 homes (±207)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later1.8%†47
2000–20092.6%†67
1980–199920%†504

Size of homes

2,569 homes (±207)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.7%†198
2 bedrooms29%740

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,793 workers (±272)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone78%1,398
Carpool14%†250
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike2.4%†43
Work from home5.7%†102
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (−8.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,691 workers (±259)

Crossett, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min76%1,280
15–29 min6.7%†113
30–44 min4.8%†81

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Ashley County, the county holding most of Crossett's residents.

Ashley County has 329 employer establishments, 180 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Arkansas's), with 4,418 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,466. The Census Bureau also counts 1,068 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 329; 1,068 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 180; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 4,418
Average annual pay: $51,466; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ashley County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	21	11.5	2.07×More than typical	79	$24,418	—
Restaurants and other eating places	20	11	0.60×Fewer than typical	334	$17,608	9
Ambulatory health care services	19	10.4	0.50×Fewer than typical	257	$52,486	57
Specialty trade contractors	15	8.2	0.53×Fewer than typical	107	$42,972	106
Limited-service restaurants	14	7.7	0.96×About typical	251	$16,896	3
Banks and credit unions	11	6	1.87×More than typical	133	$56,669	—
Truck transportation	11	6	1.19×About typical	177	$49,825	59
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	5.5	1.09×About typical	54	$37,519	32
General merchandise stores	10	5.5	3.10×More than typical	257	$30,829	6
Construction of buildings	9	4.9	0.65×Too few to compare	227	$62,000	28
Offices of other health practitioners	8	4.4	0.72×Too few to compare	33	$34,818	19
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	7	3.8	2.20×Too few to compare	43	$33,209	3

Rank places for an industry Open Ashley County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,254 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $6,294 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crossett, Arkansas: $1.36 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6,294
Per resident: $1.36; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.8%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$6,294100%

Top recipients

AMERICAN CLASSIC CONSTRUCTION INC.$3,91962%
KPEM LLC$1,40022%
AANTILIA LLC$99016%
SEWELL OIL COMPANY INC.-$16.210.0%

Spending by fiscal year

13.5KFY2017
13.3KFY2018
53.9KFY2019
5.1KFY2020
5.4KFY2021
1.9KFY2022
5.5KFY2023
8.4KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123$3,91962%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$1,40022%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$99016%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Crossett, Arkansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Crossett, Arkansas's figures are part of those of Ashley County, AR ($251.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Crossett is mostly in Ashley County.

See federal money in Ashley County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Crossett, Arkansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Bruce WestermanR-AR-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Ashley County6100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Ashley County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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