Photo: Smarty9108 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hurst has lower unemployment (2.8%) than 73% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, where Texas has 27 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Hurst B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 4% work in Hurst itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hurst and work: the main findings
Hurst trades workers with the towns around it
Hurst has about as many jobs (16,713) as working residents (18,630), but they are mostly different people: 17,953 residents leave for work each day while 16,036 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Hurst are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Hurst and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for Hurst residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Hurst come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Hurst are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Hurst’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hurst
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hurst is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #178 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Hurst’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($72,210, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hurst could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Hurst by day
On a workday 17,953 residents head out to work, 677 work right here, and 16,036 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Hurst’s working residents head each day
Where Hurst clocks in
18% 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 the 16,713 jobs in Hurst are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurst, 2013 → 2023: 14,382 → 16,713. 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 Hurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Hurst
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurst workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,032 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hurst
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 of Hurst commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hurst is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #150 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 20,879 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Hurst households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hurst ranks: 493rd of 1,135 U.S. towns of 27,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 491 | Huntley IL | 29,132 | $89K | 8.6% | 3.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 492 | Amherst Town MA | 40,920 | $67K | 23.7% | 7.7% | 26% | B+ |
| 493 | Hurst TX | 38,974 | $72K | 10.6% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 494 | Ocean Township NJ | 28,088 | $109K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 11% | B+ |
| 495 | Brighton NY | 36,695 | $85K | 8.9% | 3.9% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,135 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Hurst, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 25% of Hurst’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurst | – | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $72,210 |
| Colleyville | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $218,328 |
| North Richland Hills | 2% | A | B+ | 27 min | $97,305 |
| Bedford | 5% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $83,971 |
| Euless | under 2% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $82,167 |
| Fort Worth | 18% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
| Richland Hills | under 2% | B+ | B | 22 min | $66,721 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth. Darker towns draw more of Hurst’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hurst: questions
What is the median household income in Hurst?
$72,210 (±$5,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurst?
10.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurst?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hurst work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (18%, 10 mi), Dallas (12%, 24 mi), Irving (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hurst walkable?
Hurst is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hurst without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurst
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.