City safety & data profile

HurstTX

Hurst, TX is a 39K-resident city in Tarrant County with a median household income of $72,210.

Tarrant County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hurst, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hurst has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $315,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

39K
Population (place)
Top 28%
By size
$72,210
Median income (place)
$315,200
Median home (place)
10.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hurst

Hurst posts a median household income higher than 40% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Hurst area.

Bottom 41%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Hurst

Where Hurst income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$72,210 Bottom 40% higher than 40% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Hurst $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Hurst, TX beyond the headline numbers

Hurst sits inside Tarrant County, Texas, at roughly 32.82°N, -97.17°W. Population 39,016, $72,210 median household income. Median home value $315,200, median rent $1,358. Poverty rate 10.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Hurst, 0 with an ER.

At 10.6%, poverty in Hurst, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Hurst runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13.6% of Hurst workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 15.1% in Hurst, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hurst from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
39,016
Hurst · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,210
-19% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$315,200
-24% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Tarrant County): Hurst's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
2.2M+17%
Median Income
$84,207+48%
Median Home Value
$323,900+137%
Poverty Rate
11.1%-27%
Unemployment
4.7%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Hurst, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,358/mo
Poverty Rate
10.6% -15% vs avg
Unemployment 2.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.6%
Work From Home 13.6%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 62.9%
African American 10.1%
Asian 3.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.8%
High Blood Pressure
32.8%
Obesity
32.1%
Physical Inactivity
26.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.1%
Binge Drinking
16.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.1%
Current Smoking
12.4%
Diabetes
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.2%
Annual Checkup 73.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Hurst?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hurst right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-HURST · Hurst

Hurst: 15 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 15 on record
  • MIX-LED 73% au-bushfires
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Phoenix

Tagged alert mix: Hurst

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 15 tagged notices on record for Hurst.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Phoenix, AZ (15 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hurst; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (15 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Victoria, TX 13 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Hurst, TX? ▼
Hurst, TX has a population of 39,016 people, located in Tarrant County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Hurst? ▼
The median household income in Hurst, TX is $72,210 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.6%.
What is the median home value in Hurst? ▼
The median home value in Hurst, TX is $315,200. Median rent is $1,358/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hurst? ▼
The top health indicators in Hurst include Short Sleep Duration (37.8%), High Blood Pressure (32.8%), Obesity (32.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Hurst? ▼
Hurst has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Hurst? ▼
The median age in Hurst, TX is 37.8 years. 34.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hurst, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (10.6% here).

Quincy, MA 10.6% Palm Coast, FL 10.6% Silver Spring, MD 10.6% South Whittier, CA 10.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($72,210 here).

Lewiston, ID $72,197 Parkland, WA $72,239 Ives Estates, FL $72,239 Chelsea, MA $72,179

Compare Hurst with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Bedford, TX 49K North Richland Hills, TX 69K Colleyville, TX 25K Euless, TX 54K Watauga, TX 25K Haltom City, TX 44K Arlington, TX 388K Southlake, TX 30K
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Using Hurst's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Hurst area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Hurst against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Tarrant County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.