Living in Crossett, AR
Ashley County
Crossett is an Ashley County timber-and-paper-mill town in south Arkansas, real and genuinely founded as a company town: the Crossett Lumber Company was established in 1899, building the town for its workforce by 1904, and adding a real kraft paper mill in 1937. Georgia-Pacific Corporation bought the Crossett Lumber Company's assets in 1962, forming its real 'Crossett Division.' This record discloses Georgia-Pacific's more recent Crossett story honestly on both sides: a real 2019 bleached-board-mill closure (530+ jobs lost) alongside a real, more recent reinvestment of over $250 million expanding Angel Soft toilet-paper production, with 50 jobs added in December 2024. Crossett's population is real, genuinely declining -- from 4,822 at the 2020 Census to an estimated 4,454 by 2025. Housing runs genuinely the most affordable of this project's five Arkansas Tier C markets in this batch, roughly $60,850-$82,000, alongside a low 0.62% effective property tax rate producing a $341 median annual bill.
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Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Ashley County level this session. Arkansas's top state income tax rate is 3.70%. See the Arkansas hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Crossett-specific.
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Pros
The most affordable housing of this project's five Arkansas Tier C markets in this batch (roughly $61K-$82K), a genuinely low 0.62% effective property tax rate with a $341 median bill, Arkansas's real 3.7% top income tax rate, and a real, current Georgia-Pacific reinvestment (over $250 million since 2019, 50 jobs added in December 2024).
Cons
A real, disclosed population decline (4,822 to an estimated 4,454, 2020-2025), a real, disclosed 2019 job loss at Georgia-Pacific (530+ positions) this record does not omit even while crediting the more recent reinvestment, a real housing cross-source spread this pass could not resolve to one number, and Arkansas's real, statewide tornado risk applies.
Who this fits
Best for: Best fits movers prioritizing the lowest housing and property-tax costs among this project's Arkansas Tier C markets, comfortable with a small, single-industry-anchored south Arkansas mill town and a declining population trend.
Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for movers needing a large, diversified local job market beyond Georgia-Pacific's paper operations, population growth, or nearby major-airport access.
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