HutchinsTX
A town of 8,206, settled in 1872.
Is Hutchins a good place to live?
Hutchins grades D− overall, ranked 629th of 640 in Texas, mostly because of health and safety. Residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, including 33 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. Hutchins’ property crime rate is 27.2 per 1,000 residents, above both the Texas town median (10.7) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). Hutchins's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns. Hutchins's public schools trail 82% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation.
What makes Hutchins stand out
Where Hutchins beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Every workday, about 4,941 people come to Hutchins for work
Where Hutchins’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hutchins grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Hutchins is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cotton Bowl and 76 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hutchins. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
22 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
23 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumPhoto credits
Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Hutchins: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hutchins, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hutchins.
Hutchins draws workers from Dallas and beyond, has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
Hutchins stands out in Texas and nationally: a larger share of its adults report frequent mental distress
22% of Hutchins adults report frequent mental distress. Hutchins beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 23. 34% of Hutchins adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Hutchins | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Hutchins | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.7% | 6.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 32.1% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in three of Hutchins’ working residents commute to Dallas
5,008 jobs are based in Hutchins, 2.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 2,643 in 2013 to 5,008.
Most working residents leave Hutchins for work: only 4% work in town. Hutchins’ average trip to work is 32 minutes. Jobs based in Hutchins grew to 5,008 in 2023, 2,365 more than in 2013.
| Hutchins | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For safety, Hutchins earns a D
Reported crimes fell from 312 to 256 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Hutchins is 4 per 1,000 residents. Hutchins reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 92% report less.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Heat waves leads a low hazard risk in Hutchins
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hutchins.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Hutchins
The Dallas Love Fld weather station, 17 miles away, records that about 108 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.4°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36.3°.
Hutchins has mild winters and hot summers. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Hutchins | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Hutchins home is worth about $244K
At 2.7 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $244K) costs less against local pay than in 78% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living. The typical value, about $244K, is 12% below its April 2024 peak.
The typical Hutchins home is worth about $244,000, down 3.5% in a year, 18% below the Texas typical home. 49% of households own their home in Hutchins.
| Hutchins | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 49% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,396 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.4% of Hutchins is conserved land
Just 23 of its 5,949 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Hutchins itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Campbell Park | — | 15 |
| 2. Trinity River Green Belt - Goat Island Preserve | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Hutchins
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Hutchins
About 3 of every 100 Hutchins residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Hutchins
City in Texas, United States
Hutchins is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,607 at the 2020 census.
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- Established
- 1872
- Area
- 9.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 466 ft
- ZIP code
- 75141
- Area code
- 972
Hutchins’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Hutchins.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D−; Lancaster (D−) is closest.
Questions about Hutchins
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hutchins, TX a good place to live?
Hutchins grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns and #629 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health, D for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Hutchins, TX expensive?
That is 2.7 years of the area's median household income ($90,275 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.