A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Hurst$2,120/mo

Typical home $337K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.26% · or rent about $1,358/mo · Housing →

Bedford$2,440/mo

Typical home $375K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.54% · or rent about $1,502/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Bedford and Hurst.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Hurst and Bedford share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

HurstBedford

Hurst ↔ Bedford2.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

905 Hurst residents work in Bedford (4.9% of its workers)

501 Bedford residents work in Hurst (2% of its workers)

Work & commute in Hurst →

Report cards

Bedford places higher on 19 of 26 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CHurstSafer than 26% of U.S. towns C+BedfordSafer than 37% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+HurstBetter than 68% of districts in the state B+BedfordBetter than 74% of districts in the state

Health

BHurstHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns A−BedfordHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns

6Hurst

19Bedford

Lists won, of 26 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most-used librariesLibraries · 183 towns #92#29 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #101#132 SafestSafety · 470 towns #347#267 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #225#124 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #205#115 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #143#82 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #476#383 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #404#494

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Hurst’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

HurstBedford

Snow a year2″2″

January low36°F 36°F

July high96°F 96°F

Growing season (days)262d 262d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 44th

Outdoors & history

HurstBedford

Trails6 mi 9 mi

Conserved land5.1%3.4%

National Register places—1

Archive photos12 8

Famous people born here6 17

Community

HurstBedford

Library hours a week50 hrs 57 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

HurstBedford

People

Population 39,861Lowest 49,085Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.2%Highest TX: +15.9% +6.3%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.8±1.6Lowest 6% above TX 39.5±1.1Highest 11% above TX

Bedford and Hurst are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.6%±2.3Highest TX: 25% 21.3%±2.2Lowest TX: 25%

Hurst and Bedford are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 17.7%±1.6Highest TX: 13.4% 17.2%±1.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

Hurst and Bedford are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 34.6%Lowest TX: 33.8% 43.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.1Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.6%±1.2Highest TX: 6.2%

Bedford and Hurst are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $72,210±$6kLowest 8% below TX $83,971±$4kHighest 7% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $315,200±$12kLowest 11% above TX $350,700±$8kHighest 24% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,358±$55Lowest 3% below TX $1,502±$60Highest 7% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,987Lowest 6% below TX $5,390Highest 27% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.4%±7.2Lowest TX: 51.7% 56.2%±6Highest TX: 51.7%

Bedford and Hurst are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.6%Highest TX: 13.8% 7.3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58%Highest TX: 62.6% 50.6%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 17 yrs older than TX 1983Highest 9 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 min 8% below TX 25 min 8% below TX

Work from home 13.6%±2Lowest TX: 14.4% 17.5%±2.6Highest TX: 14.4%

Bedford and Hurst are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3.6%Lowest 7.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.90Highest 0.88Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (18%)Fort Worth (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 5% work in Bedford2% work in Hurst

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.1%Highest 3.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.9 miLowest 8.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 17Highest 9Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 112Lowest 133Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #205 of 583 in TX #115 of 583 in TX

School district BIRDVILLE ISD · GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISDHURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD

High school in town Bell H SBuinger Cte Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 16.9 —

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Hurst vs Bedford

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Bedford

Hurst and Bedford share a border

Bedford places higher on 19 of 26 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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