Households in Hurley earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 12.6% (Mississippi 18.9%). For jobs and income Hurley is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). At home: 14% of workers have no commute at all (Mississippi 6%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hurley and work: the main findings
Hurley is a place people come home to
There are 138 jobs based in Hurley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hurley has about 840 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Hurley works in Pascagoula
177 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Pascagoula, 21 miles away. That’s 29 times as many as work in Hurley itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hurley
Household income holds Hurley’s grade up ($133,216, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Hurley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hurley could be anywhere from D to B+.
A workday in Hurley: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 603 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Hurley on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
29% of working residents work in Pascagoula
Where Hurley clocks in
29% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Hurley’s employers do
138 jobs are based in Hurley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurley, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 138. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hurley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hurley: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurley workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 599 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Hurley commutes
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Hurley start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 694 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Hurley households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hurley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Hurley ranks 2,104th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,835 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,102 | Loran Township IL | 1,313 | $73K | 5.1% | 0.8% | 8% | B− |
| 2,103 | Charlevoix Township MI | 1,797 | $81K | 7.1% | 2.2% | 11% | B− |
| 2,104 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,105 | Hebron MD | 1,119 | $98K | 23.8% | 3.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,106 | Whitehall WI | 1,621 | $62K | 6.3% | 1.1% | 35% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,239 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,407 | Rawls Springs MS | 1,499 | $47K | 7.3% | 2.9% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hurley, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hurley: questions
What is the median household income in Hurley?
$133,216 (±$72,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurley?
12.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurley?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hurley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pascagoula (29%, 21 mi), Vancleave (8%, 13 mi), Mobile (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hurley walkable?
Hurley is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hurley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hurley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.