Energy vs Hurst

A side-by-side comparison of Energy and Hurst: population, income, housing, and more.

Energy and Hurst are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Energy has the higher population (1,171 vs 685 in Hurst). Energy has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $34,113 in Hurst). Energy has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $73,000 in Hurst).

Population, income & housing

	Energy	Hurst
Population	1,171	685
Median age	50.4 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$34,113
Median home value	$138,500	$73,000
Median gross rent	$835	$376
Housing units	564	393
Homeownership rate	81.2%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Energy	Hurst
Population	1,016 → 1,171 (+15.3%)	744 → 685 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$50,031 → $70,417 (+40.7%)	$38,438 → $34,113 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $138,500 (+19.7%)	$57,300 → $73,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $835 (+24.8%)	$327 → $376 (+15.0%)

Energy

Population

1,0161,171

Median household income

$50,031$70,417

Median home value

$115,700$138,500

Median gross rent

$669$835

Hurst

Population

744685

Median household income

$38,438$34,113

Median home value

$57,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$327$376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Energy	Hurst
Under 5	5.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	3.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	20.0%
75 and over	13.8%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Energy	Hurst
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Energy	Hurst
No high school diploma	6.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Energy	Hurst
Drove alone	86.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Energy	Hurst
1-unit, detached	81.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Energy	Hurst
Poverty rate	7.9%	24.4%
Average household size	2.26	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1977	1968