Moving to Crossett: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Crossett means moving to a real, genuinely single-industry south Arkansas mill town, founded as a company town and still shaped by Georgia-Pacific's paper operations.
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Learn moreA real, 125-year timber-and-paper-mill company-town heritage
The Crossett Lumber Company was founded in 1899, building the town for its workforce by 1904 and adding a kraft paper mill in 1937; Georgia-Pacific bought the assets in 1962, forming its real 'Crossett Division' (base record).
A real 2019 job loss, disclosed honestly alongside real, recent reinvestment
Georgia-Pacific closed its Crossett bleached-board mill in 2019, a real, disclosed loss of 530+ jobs -- but has since spent over $250 million expanding Angel Soft toilet-paper production, adding 50 jobs in December 2024 atop roughly 400 already employed (base record).
The most affordable housing of this project's Arkansas Tier C batch
Crossett's housing runs roughly $60,850-$82,000, genuinely the most affordable among this project's five Arkansas Tier C markets, alongside a low 0.62% effective property tax rate (base record).
A real, disclosed population decline and statewide tornado risk
Crossett's population fell from 4,822 (2020 Census) to an estimated 4,454 (2025), and Crossett shares Arkansas's real, statewide tornado and severe-thunderstorm risk, with no meaningful earthquake exposure (base record).
Key takeaways
- Crossett's real, genuine identity centers on its 125-year Georgia-Pacific timber-and-paper-mill heritage, dating to the 1899 Crossett Lumber Company.
- This record discloses both Georgia-Pacific's real 2019 job loss (530+ positions) and its real, more recent $250 million-plus reinvestment honestly.
- Crossett's housing runs genuinely the most affordable of this project's five Arkansas Tier C markets in this batch.
- A real, disclosed population decline and Arkansas's statewide tornado risk are honest trade-offs this record does not omit.
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