Living in Hurst, Texas

Hurst sits in the heart of the Mid-Cities corridor, that stretch of Tarrant County between Dallas and Fort Worth that outsiders often underestimate and locals quietly love. Sandwiched between Bedford and North Richland Hills, with Euless to the south, Hurst covers roughly 10 square miles and sits directly on Highway 183, one of the most important commute arteries in North Tarrant County. That highway is the key to understanding why Hurst works so well for working families: DFW International Airport is about 8 miles east, Downtown Fort Worth is 14 miles west, and Las Colinas and Irving's major employer corridor are about 10 miles in the other direction.

For families relocating for aviation, aerospace, defense, or healthcare roles, sectors with heavy footprints at American Airlines, Lockheed Martin, Bell Textron, and Cook Children's, Hurst is genuinely one of the most practical addresses in Tarrant County. You get HEB ISD schools without paying Colleyville prices, and your commute runs along one of the region's better-maintained highway corridors. The tradeoff is a denser, more established housing stock compared to newer master-planned suburbs to the north, but for many families, that's not a tradeoff at all.

Commute Times from Central Hurst

Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, universally shortened to "HEB ISD", is one of Tarrant County's most respected multi-city school districts, serving students across three communities with approximately 22,000 students on 39 campuses. The district earns an A+ overall grade from Niche (2026) and a B+ from the Texas Education Agency (88/100, 2025). That combination means families get both the perceived quality signal that A+ communicates and the state accountability backing that a 88 TEA score represents. For relocating families, HEB ISD is one of the most underrated districts in North Texas, excellent schools at a price point well below what Southlake or Keller command.

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Niche Category Grades: HEB ISD

Source: Niche.com — HEB ISD Profile (2026)

Hurst's housing stock is primarily established single-family homes from the 1960s through the 1990s, with updated interiors now common across all price ranges. There are no large master-planned communities here, this is a developed city, not a growth suburb. What you get instead is neighborhood character, mature trees, and access to HEB ISD across every zip code in the city. Here are the pockets that consistently attract relocating families.

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Property Tax Breakdown: Hurst (Tarrant County)

Rates are 2024 certified. Hurst is a fully developed city, no MUD or PID assessments apply to existing neighborhoods. Always verify current rates for a specific address. Source: Texas Comptroller.

Hurst's Mid-Cities location is one of its most practical selling points. You're equidistant between Dallas and Fort Worth without committing to either city's sprawl, and the SH-183 corridor puts two of North Texas's largest employment centers within 20 minutes on a good day. For American Airlines employees, Bell Textron engineers, and the thousands of workers at Fort Worth's defense and healthcare campuses, Hurst is one of the closest residential options that still sits inside a top-rated school district.

Hurst is more walkable than most DFW suburbs, that's the honest starting point. A Walk Score of 76 ("Very Walkable") reflects the dense Mid-Cities grid: businesses, parks, and services are closer together here than in newer master-planned suburbs built around cul-de-sacs and collector roads. In practice, that means a coffee run, a park visit, or a quick errand often doesn't require getting on the highway. But a personal vehicle is still essential, this is not a transit city.

Walkability & Transportation Scores

Scores reflect the city's most walkable core and vary by address. Source: Walk Score® 

Parks, Trails & Green Space

Hurst has 29 parks and green spaces across the city, a solid footprint for a suburb of roughly 40,000 residents. Bear Creek Park is the flagship, with Bear Creek Trail connecting several neighborhoods. Most residential areas are within a short drive of a playground, sports field, or open greenspace.

City Recreation Centers & Facilities

Youth Sports & Organized Recreation

The Mid-Cities Athletic Association (MCAA) is the backbone of youth sports in Hurst, one of the larger and more established recreational leagues in Tarrant County. HEB ISD's athletic programs feed into competitive middle and high school teams, and travel league culture is active. If your kids are serious about a sport, the infrastructure is here to support them.

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Hurst's safety profile is mixed, which is worth being upfront about. The violent crime rate sits well below the U.S. average, which is the number that matters most for family safety. Property crime is more elevated, running close to the Texas average. Niche gives Hurst a C+ for crime and safety, reflecting the reality of a denser, older Mid-Cities suburb that's safer than Dallas or Fort Worth proper but not in the same tier as Southlake, Colleyville, or Keller. The Hurst Police Department maintains an active community policing presence, and residents generally describe the city as feeling safe day-to-day.

Sources: Niche Crime & Safety · NeighborhoodScout · Hurst Police Department

In Hurst, the heart of the market is the starter band: 61% of homes sold in the past year landed under $400K, where a median of about $312K buys roughly 1,654 square feet. About 6% of sales were $700K or more, so move-up and luxury buyers have real selection. Price per square foot climbs from about $189 at the entry level to $326 at the top, which is what you are paying for in larger lots, newer builds, and higher finish levels.

A few more numbers worth knowing if you are weighing an offer in Hurst. Over the trailing 12 months, single-family homes sold for a median of $359K and an average of $408K, which works out to about $197 per square foot. Homes here sold for roughly 97.6% of their original list price, which gives you a sense of how much room buyers have typically had to negotiate. As of the latest data, about 80 single-family homes were actively listed. These are NTREIS figures (the price metrics are 12-month rolling, inventory is current active supply), and your own price per square foot and negotiating room will vary by neighborhood, age of home, and finish level.

Source: NTREIS via 10K Research · All figures are 12-month rolling periods · Updated April 2026

Hurst offers something increasingly rare in North Texas: access to a genuinely top-rated school district, HEB ISD, A+ from Niche, at a median price point well under $400K. That combination is hard to replicate anywhere in DFW right now. At 2.4 months supply, this is firmly a seller's market: well-priced homes in desirable school zones move in under three weeks. For families coming from California or New York, the $360K median can feel almost too reasonable, it isn't a catch, but it does come with trade-offs. The housing stock is older (most homes built 1960s–1990s), new construction is essentially nonexistent, and the city lacks the polished master-planned community aesthetic of Frisco or Prosper. What you get instead is space, mature trees, a functional neighborhood grid, and access to one of the best ISDs in the Mid-Cities at a price that still makes mortgage math work.

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Hurst is a fully established suburb — the kind of place where the neighborhoods are set, the trees are mature, and the community feel is already there when you move in. There's little vacant land left for large-scale new residential development, so most families buying here are focused on the resale market. That's not a disadvantage: Hurst has strong inventory across a range of price points, lot sizes, and neighborhood styles, and resale homes often come with finished landscaping, custom touches, and HOA communities that are already thriving. If you're weighing Hurst against a suburb with active new construction, the honest trade-off is this — you're giving up the ability to choose your finishes and get a builder warranty, and gaining a suburb where the character and school patterns are well-established and predictable. For many relocating families, that's exactly what they're looking for. Kristen can walk you through what's available in your price range and help you find the right fit — at no cost to you as a buyer.

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Every family weighs the same factors differently. Here is how Hurst stacks up against nearby options on the metrics that matter most for relocating families.

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