Hurst is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 36,303 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Hurst is the 66th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hurst is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hurst is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hurst who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.05%), sales jobs (12.36%), and management occupations (11.13%).

Also of interest is that Hurst has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Hurst Information and Demographics

The education level of Hurst citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 24.47% of adults in Hurst have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Hurst in 2000 was $23,247, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,988 for a family of four.

Hurst is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hurst home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hurst is White, followed by African-American. Hurst also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.00% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Hurst include German, English, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Hurst is English. Some people also speak Spanish.