Hurt is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,256 people and just one neighborhood, Hurt is the 263rd largest community in Virginia.
Unlike some towns, Hurt isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hurt are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hurt is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hurt who work in office and administrative support (14.36%), healthcare suport services (7.37%), and teaching (7.18%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hurt has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hurt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hurt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hurt may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Hurt doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Hurt with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.48% of adults in Hurt have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hurt in 2022 was $26,510, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,040 for a family of four. However, Hurt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hurt is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hurt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hurt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hurt include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and African.
The most common language spoken in Hurt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Hurt, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hurt are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.5%), and 20.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Hurt, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (25.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (86.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.