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SheetTX-HUTCHINS-TX · Hutchins, TX 5,713 pop · income 13th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hutchins
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hutchins on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
McKenzie · lowest
35,988
McKenzie · lowest
35,988 median HH income
16.6% of the leader · rank #1
Hutchins · this city
45,250
Hutchins · this city
45,250 median HH income
20.9% of the leader · rank #2
Lytton · near
45,250
Lytton · near
45,250 median HH income
20.9% of the leader · rank #3
Honor · near
45,250
Honor · near
45,250 median HH income
20.9% of the leader · rank #4
Duck Hill · near
45,250
Duck Hill · near
45,250 median HH income
20.9% of the leader · rank #5
Akron · near
45,250
Akron · near
45,250 median HH income
20.9% of the leader · rank #6
Poolesville · highest
216,653
Poolesville · highest
216,653 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hutchins on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,713.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Hutchins - the verdict
Nationally, Hutchins sits in the 13th percentile for household income and the 8th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
13th
percentile, household income
8th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
8th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Hutchins, TX
Hutchins is a small town in Texas, home to 5,713 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Hutchins report a median income of $45,250 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 29.4%. Typical homes in Hutchins are valued around $95,500, and the median resident age is 29.8 years. 6.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 47.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 84 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 53% from five years earlier. Hutchins's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 3974.5 in FBI UCR data, above the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Texas at 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,149 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hutchins's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to housing and income to population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hutchins, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Hutchins?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3974.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 74% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
How far does income reach against housing in Hutchins?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 29.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Hutchins growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +982 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +13.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 84 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hutchins?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Livingston (5,728 residents, $52,385 income); Elsa (5,688 residents, $55,519 income); Kermit (5,681 residents, $90,181 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Berryville, AR (5,715 residents); Pontotoc, MS (5,717 residents); Perry, UT (5,708 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Hutchins?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
79.9%
Work from home
2.8%
Public transit
0.2%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,898 workers age 16+.
Low income · poverty 29.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · Hutchins, TX
18/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime F
497 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$45,250
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
29.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
6.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Hutchins profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Violent crime: 16/100 (F) · 497 /100k
Household income: 14/100 (F) · $45,250
Poverty rate: 1/100 (F) · 29.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 6.1%
Where Hutchins sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Hutchins's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Hutchins highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Hutchins, TX (this city): home $95,500, crime 3,975/100k
Berryville, AR : home $153,500, crime 2,750/100k
Pontotoc, MS : home $144,300, crime 2,129/100k
Perry, UT : home $399,400, crime 1,502/100k
McKenzie, TN : home $140,200, crime 1,000/100k
Livingston, TX : home $158,100, crime 3,772/100k
Elsa, TX : home $90,600, crime 3,315/100k
Kermit, TX : home $119,300, crime 631/100k
Parker, TX : home $852,000, crime 389/100k
Yoakum, TX : home $134,100, crime 992/100k
How does Hutchins compare to other US cities?
Where Hutchins sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income13% higher than other cities
Home value8% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety8% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Texas, Hutchins ranks #600 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hutchins against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hutchins near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hutchins ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hutchins only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1,257 of 1,520
17th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#1,168 of 1,505
22nd percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#135 of 1,663
92nd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,466 of 1,663
12th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
13th percentile nationally for median household income · 8th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Hutchins's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Hutchins's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Hutchins's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$95,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 92% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Hutchins's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,049 of 15,516
More affordable than 87% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,940 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.1×, Hutchins sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,049 of 15,516 and #1,940 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$45,250Hutchins, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hutchins, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hutchins, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)6.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)29.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)47.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,713
Median Income
$45,250
Median Home Value
$95,500
Median Age
29.8
Poverty Rate
29.4%
Labor force participation
47.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
6.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3974.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
496.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
3477.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hutchins's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,224 residents
2021
7,204 residents
2022
7,236 residents
2023
7,836 residents
2024
8,007 residents
2025
8,206 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
84
housing units authorized
Single-Family
84
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
14.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
55
55
0
$12.6M
2020
18
18
0
$4.2M
2021
16
16
0
$3.8M
2022
211
211
0
$53.8M
2023
54
54
0
$14.1M
2024
84
84
0
$24.1M
Permit volume increased 53% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.9%
Carpool
17.1%
Public Transit
0.2%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.8%
Based on 1,898 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hutchins. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hutchins is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hutchins sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hutchins compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.