Scurry is a tiny town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 871 people and three associated neighborhoods, Scurry is the 896th largest community in Texas. Scurry has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Scurry, where the median household income is $84,732.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.54% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

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!) Scurry 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. Scurry has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Scurry than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Scurry may be for you.

In Scurry, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.45 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Scurry is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Scurry who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.69% of the adults in Scurry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Scurry in 2022 was $30,285, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,140 for a family of four. However, Scurry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Scurry is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Scurry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Scurry residents report their race to be White. Scurry also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.67% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Scurry include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scandinavian.

The most common language spoken in Scurry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.