For population 25 years and over in West Crossett:
High school or higher: 73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
Unemployed: 7.3%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 15.2 minutes
For population 15 years and over in West Crossett CDP:
Never married: 20.7%
Now married: 60.4%
Separated: 1.4%
Widowed: 5.8%
Divorced: 11.7%
0 residents are foreign born
This place:
0.0%
Arkansas:
2.8%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $355 (0.6%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $350 (0.6%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Monroe, LA (43.7 miles , pop. 53,107).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Shreveport, LA (112.4 miles , pop. 200,145).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (278.2 miles , pop. 1,188,580).
West Crossett-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Arkansas state average. It is 168% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/28/1975, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 29.2 miles away from the West Crossett place center killed 7 peopleand injured 51 peopleand causedbetween $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 4/1/1983, a category F4 tornado 31.4 miles away from the place center killed 2 peopleand injured 20 peopleand causedbetween $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
West Crossett-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Arkansas state average. It is 92% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 8/11/1996 at 18:17:49, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, 3.1 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 72.3 miles away from the city center On 6/10/1994 at 23:34:02, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 39.3 miles away from West Crossett center On 5/16/2007 at 13:22:21, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 35.2 miles away from the city center On 3/3/2001 at 10:46:13, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 37.8 miles away from the city center On 10/26/2002 at 20:05:55, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 98.2 miles away from West Crossett center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), duration magnitude (MD)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Ashley County (8) is smaller than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7 Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 5, Floods: 4, Hurricane: 1, Storm: 1, Tornado: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Tornado: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Crossett:
ASHLEY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 13 miles away; CROSSETT, AR)
MOREHOUSE GENERAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 26 miles away; BASTROP, LA)
MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH ARKANSAS (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 31 miles away; EL DORADO, AR)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West Crossett:
University of Arkansas at Monticello (about 34 miles; Monticello, AR; Full-time enrollment: 2,521)
University of Louisiana Monroe (about 43 miles; Monroe, LA; FT enrollment: 6,712)
Louisiana Tech University (about 57 miles; Ruston, LA; FT enrollment: 7,480)
Grambling State University (about 59 miles; Grambling, LA; FT enrollment: 4,504)
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus (about 72 miles; Magnolia, AR; FT enrollment: 2,501)
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (about 77 miles; Pine Bluff, AR; FT enrollment: 3,368)
Delta State University (about 85 miles; Cleveland, MS; FT enrollment: 2,783)
Ashley County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 12.7%
(5.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 37.6% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 95.5% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.4 people
Arkansas:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
69.1%
Whole state:
68.2%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
4.1%
Whole state:
3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for West Crossett (based on Ashley County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 79.90%
Here
79.9%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
American Baptist Association
United Methodist Church
Catholic Church
Churches of Christ
Adherents
58.9%
14.9%
8.2%
3.5%
3.4%
Congregations
38.0%
12.7%
12.7%
2.5%
7.6%
Name
National Association of Free Will Baptists
Assemblies of God
Baptist Missionary Association of America
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Other
Adherents
3.3%
2.6%
2.2%
0.7%
2.1%
Congregations
6.3%
6.3%
2.5%
1.3%
10.1%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 6
Ashley County:
2.69 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
2.02 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3
Ashley County:
1.35 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
0.59 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 9
Here:
4.04 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
4.94 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 6
Here:
2.69 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
6.66 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Ashley County:
11.2%
State:
9.8%
Adult obesity rate:
Ashley County:
34.6%
State:
29.1%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
12.6%
Arkansas:
13.6%
4.49% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,818 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
4.49%
Arkansas average:
7.98%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
