Personal loans in Crossett, AR
Crossett counts about 4,578 people, and what is genuinely local about borrowing here is limited — Arkansas law does the governing.
When Arkansas caps or restricts a product, lenders either change the terms or withdraw it from Crossett as from the rest of the state. Crossett ranks 71st of 500 places in Arkansas, with a population near 4,578. Verify the lender's Arkansas licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Crossett. Crossett shed about 5.2% of its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. The closest larger place is Bastrop, LA about 24 miles away.
Local context for Crossett
Two layers matter for a Crossett borrower: the local population picture and Arkansas's consumer-lending statutes.
- Population: 4,578 people, a figure that places Crossett 71st among the 500 Census places in Arkansas (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A decline of about 5.2% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 250 residents.
- Size percentile: roughly 86% of Arkansas places rank below Crossett.
- Population density: 639 people per square mile on 7.2 square miles of land.
- By land area: Crossett ranks 84th among Arkansas's 500 places, at 7.2 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Crossett ranks 41st among Arkansas's 500 places, with 0.17 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.2% of Arkansas's residents live in Crossett (4,578 people).
- National rank: Crossett is the 5,075th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Crossett's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 456th of 500 places in Arkansas.
- State comparison: Arkansas's places average +0.3% for 2020-to-2023, against Crossett's 5.2%.
- Density rank: Crossett is the 140th most densely settled place in Arkansas.
- Density in context: Crossett's 639 people per square mile sit against a Arkansas median of 386.
- Location: latitude 33.1228, longitude -91.9581 (Census Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Bastrop (24 mi); Warren (34 mi); Monticello (36 mi); El Dorado (41 mi); Monroe (42 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Crossett.
- Smaller places nearby: Hamburg (12 mi); Felsenthal (12 mi); Huttig (14 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 43 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 24.
Which Arkansas laws govern a loan in Crossett
These are Arkansas's sourced lending facts as they reach Crossett's 4,578 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Arkansas State Bank Department Source says: "The Department is charged with regulating state-chartered commercial banks with main offices in Arkansas". | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Not permitted — all storefront payday lending eliminated; the Attorney General has worked to eliminate all forms of payday lending since 2008 Source says: "the Attorney General's office has worked to eliminate all forms of payday lending in Arkansas"; "all storefront payday loan operations in Arkansas have been shut down". | Arkansas Attorney General — Consumer Protection Division as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | See the latest published figure value_text left null: the State Bank Department does not publish a consumer small-loan license rate schedule that could be verified; storefront payday lending has been eliminated (see Payday lending status). See the linked regulator page for the licensee categories it supervises. | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
A practical checklist for Crossett borrowers
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Crossett, home to about 4,578 people:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Verify the lender's Arkansas licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing.
- Test the payment against your current bills before you commit.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
In Crossett as elsewhere in Arkansas, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 4,578 residents.
The geography behind Crossett
Inside Crossett's boundaries lie roughly 7.2 square miles of land and 0.17 square miles of water. Spread across it are roughly 639 residents per square mile. Little Rock, the largest place in Arkansas, is about 113 miles from Crossett. Within 50 miles of Crossett there are 6 larger Census places. Within the same 50 miles lie 43 smaller Census places.
What a Crossett borrower is actually offered
Most loans made to Crossett's 4,578 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Crossett. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Crossett loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
Crossett in state context
Within Arkansas, Crossett holds roughly 0.2% of all residents, the 71st-largest share among 500 places. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Crossett ranks 456th of 500 in Arkansas (about the 9th percentile). By density, at about 639 people per square mile, it ranks 140th in Arkansas. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 250 residents.
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Nearby places
- Hamburg, AR — population 2,413
- Felsenthal, AR — population 85
- Huttig, AR — population 431
- Fountain Hill, AR — population 106
- Bonita, LA — population 161
- Bastrop, LA — population 8,989
- Marion, LA — population 604
- Mer Rouge, LA — population 457