Crossroads Fire Tower · Photo: Tony Kelley · CC BY-SA 3.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as low as North Crossett’s
North Crossett grades D− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. Poverty touches 24.4% of residents, against 16.0% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in North Crossett
North Crossett and Crossett trade workers both ways
Crossett is the top workplace for North Crossett residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in North Crossett come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in North Crossett than ten years ago
Jobs counted in North Crossett fell from 678 in 2014 to 405 in 2024, −40%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 923 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: North Crossett’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, North Crossett is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #113 of 123 in Arkansas. Job access by car holds North Crossett’s grade up (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($32,917, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: North Crossett’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, North Crossett could be anywhere from D− to D.
34% of working residents work in Crossett
Where North Crossett clocks in
34% of workers
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
North Crossett works in goods: 35% of its jobs
405 jobs are based in North Crossett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Crossett, 2014 → 2024: 678 → 405. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Crossett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far North Crossett goes to work
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
North Crossett by day and by night
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in North Crossett on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from North Crossett: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Crossett workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 837 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Getting around North Crossett: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Crossett is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #38 of 123 in Arkansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Arkansas, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 890 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.9% of North Crossett households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of North Crossett’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, and where North Crossett sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 241 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 362 | Salem AR | 2,642 | $74K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,905 | Ronan MT | 2,209 | $42K | 21.6% | 4.9% | 28% | D− |
| 4,906 | Grifton NC | 2,539 | $37K | 32.7% | 18.3% | 3% | D− |
| 4,907 | North Crossett AR | 2,556 | $33K | 24.4% | 7.1% | 7% | D− |
| 4,908 | Crownpoint NM | 2,882 | $51K | 31.5% | 6.9% | 23% | D− |
| 4,909 | Eureka KS | 2,239 | $49K | 22.4% | 3.8% | 37% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of North Crossett, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Work next door: 34% of North Crossett’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Crossett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Crossett | – | D− | B | 24 min | $32,917 |
| Crossett | 34% | D | B− | 18 min | $44,672 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Crossett. Darker towns draw more of North Crossett’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in North Crossett: questions
What is the median household income in North Crossett?
$32,917 (±$9,747) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Crossett?
24.4%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Crossett?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Crossett work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crossett (34%, 4 mi), Hamburg (6%, 9 mi), Little Rock (6%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is North Crossett walkable?
North Crossett is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Crossett without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Crossett, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Crossett
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.