About Scurry

Scurry is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 694 people and just one neighborhood, Scurry is the 898th largest community in Texas. Scurry has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Scurry, where the median household income is $52,321.

Unlike some towns, Scurry isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Scurry are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Scurry is a town of professionals, sales and office workers and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Scurry who work in teaching (14.92%), office and administrative support (12.57%) and sales jobs (11.51%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.75% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Scurry is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Scurry really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Scurry perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Scurry has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Scurry a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Scurry is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Scurry, the average commute to work is 36.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Scurry doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Scurry Information and Demographics

The citizens of Scurry are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.13% of adults in Scurry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Scurry in 2010 was $22,140, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,560 for a family of four.

The people who call Scurry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scurry residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Scurry include Scots-Irish, Irish, French, Scottish, German and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Scurry is English.

Scurry, TX Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD	TOTAL APPRECIATION	AVG. ANNUAL RATE	COMPARED TO TX*	COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990	63.31%	2.16%	3	2
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