Best PlacesHurst, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hurst, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hurst ranks 995th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low taxes, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hurst
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Hurst's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hurst ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 86% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of cities
Where Hurst ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 22% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hurst
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hurst home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $88,680; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Hurst's effective rate of 1.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hurst
Hurst's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hurst.
Who works in Hurst, and how
Work in Hurst centers on retail trade and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hurst
Hurst has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hurst and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hurst, month by month
Hurst sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 35° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Hurst
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hurst
Schools across Hurst average a B, better than 60% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty ElA · 65% proficient
- W A Porter ElA− · 57% proficient
- Bransford ElA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Smithfield MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
- Harwood J HA · 63% proficient
- Colleyville MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Keller H SA · 78% proficient
- Birdville H SA · 68% proficient
- Grapevine-colleyville Collegiate Academy At Tcc NeA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hurst school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hurst measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Hurst against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hurst suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hurst
Is Hurst a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hurst ranks 995th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on summer heat and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hurst expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $320,141. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $88,680 median income, cost of living beats 54% of cities.
Is Hurst safe?
Hurst is safer than 35% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $404 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hurst?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 35. That works out to about 116 pleasant days a year, more than 69% of cities.
Is Hurst good for families?
Schools beat 60% of cities, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $907 a month.
Compare Hurst with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hurst. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hurst represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Hurst detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hurst: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hurst: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hurst: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hurst: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hurst detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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