Hurst is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 40,055 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Hurst is the 89th largest community in Texas.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Hurst telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.00% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In terms of college education, Hurst is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.45% of adults in Hurst have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hurst in 2018 was $32,312, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,248 for a family of four. However, Hurst contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hurst is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hurst home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hurst residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or 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 26.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hurst include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Hurst is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.