Household incomes in Hutchins trail those of 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hutchins B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Below the poverty line: 18.9% of residents, next to 13.8% across Texas. Home is the office for 6% of workers; Texas has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hutchins, in a few figures
Stores, warehouses and trucking
64% of the jobs in Hutchins are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Hutchins is where the jobs are
Hutchins has 5,231 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 12,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 8,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Hutchins has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hutchins went from 2,873 in 2014 to 5,231 in 2024, +82%. The jobs ↓
Hutchins and Dallas trade workers both ways
Dallas is the top workplace for Hutchins residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Hutchins come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hutchins workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hutchins
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hutchins is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #292 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Hutchins’ grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,829, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hutchins could be anywhere from C to B+.
What work there is in Hutchins: 5,231 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hutchins, 2014 → 2024: 2,873 → 5,231. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hutchins’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Hutchins
On a workday 1,711 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 5,176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Hutchins on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Hutchins live
Where Hutchins clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Hutchins, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hutchins workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,297 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Hutchins commutes less than 20 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Hutchins walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hutchins is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #442 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,432 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 48% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 48% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.4% of Hutchins households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hutchins’ commuters take a bus or train.
Hutchins next to U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,100: 1,747th of 3,034 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Oak Point TX | 6,909 | $126K | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,745 | Cambridge MN | 11,090 | $69K | 10.5% | 3.4% | 23% | B− |
| 1,746 | Aberdeen NC | 10,066 | $75K | 10.5% | 3.7% | 9% | B− |
| 1,747 | Hutchins TX | 8,206 | $48K | 18.9% | 2.5% | 3% | B− |
| 1,748 | Clay Township MI | 8,268 | $87K | 8.6% | 4.6% | 7% | B− |
| 1,749 | Greenfield NY | 8,067 | $86K | 15.6% | 3.4% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,034 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hutchins, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 29% of Hutchins’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Dallas. Darker towns draw more of Hutchins’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hutchins: questions
What is the median household income in Hutchins?
$47,829 (±$7,703) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hutchins?
18.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hutchins?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hutchins work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (29%, 11 mi), Irving (5%, 21 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hutchins walkable?
Hutchins is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hutchins without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 48% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hutchins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hutchins
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.