According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km2), all land.

Cricket has many rolling hills, similar to the surrounding townships.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 2,053 people, 862 households, and 581 families residing in the CDP.

There were 951 housing units at an average density of 238.4 per square mile (92.0/km2).

28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.