Hurricane is a medium-sized city located in the state of Utah. With a population of 23,959 people and four associated neighborhoods, Hurricane is the 44th largest community in Utah. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hurricane, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hurricane, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hurricane’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hurricane does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $64,182.00.
Also of interest is that Hurricane has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hurricane has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hurricane a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The population of Hurricane overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Hurricane, 24.98% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hurricane in 2022 was $32,854, which is middle income relative to Utah and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,416 for a family of four. However, Hurricane contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hurricane is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hurricane home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hurricane residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hurricane include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Hurricane is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.