Hurst vs Southlake

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

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

Hurst has the higher population (39,912 vs 31,044 in Southlake). Southlake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $71,743 in Hurst). Southlake has the higher median home value ($957,500 vs $287,600 in Hurst).

Population, income & housing

	Hurst	Southlake
Population	39,912	31,044
Median age	38.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,743	$250,001
Median home value	$287,600	$957,500
Median gross rent	$1,319	$3,501
Housing units	16,530	9,782
Homeownership rate	59.5%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurst	Southlake
Population	38,976 → 39,912 (+2.4%)	31,292 → 31,044 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$63,722 → $71,743 (+12.6%)	$240,248 → $250,001 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $287,600 (+50.7%)	$676,900 → $957,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,319 (+22.1%)	$1,367 → $3,501 (+156.1%)

Hurst

Population

38,97639,912

Median household income

$63,722$71,743

Median home value

$190,800$287,600

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,319

Southlake

Population

31,29231,044

Median household income

$240,248$250,001

Median home value

$676,900$957,500

Median gross rent

$1,367$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurst	Southlake
Under 5	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	27.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	3.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	19.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.1%
75 and over	7.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurst	Southlake
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	69.1%
Black or African American	8.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurst	Southlake
No high school diploma	10.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	22.8%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	41.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	33.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurst	Southlake
Drove alone	78.9%	63.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	29.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurst	Southlake
1-unit, detached	63.1%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Hurst	Southlake
Poverty rate	10.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.55	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1974	1997