Hutchison has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
349 jobs are based in Hutchison for 2,740 working residents. Jobs and income earn Hutchison B+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hutchison: the figures worth knowing
Where Hutchison’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hutchison is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #142 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Hutchison’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hutchison could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Hutchison
On a workday 2,711 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Hutchison on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Reston
Where Hutchison clocks in
6% 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.
What Hutchison’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hutchison, 2013 → 2023: 402 → 349. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hutchison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hutchison: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hutchison workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,616 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hutchison
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Hutchison is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,034 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 53% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 3.6% of Hutchison households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Hutchison’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hutchison next to U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800: 1,209th of 3,122 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,207 | Lebanon ME | 6,801 | $98K | 7.4% | 2.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,208 | Union Township OH | 6,303 | $94K | 11.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,209 | Hutchison VA | 7,284 | $106K | 14.5% | 4.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,210 | De Soto KS | 7,083 | $104K | 6.1% | 8.6% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,211 | Grand Blanc MI | 7,880 | $68K | 9.0% | 2.5% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hutchison, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
How Hutchison compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Herndon (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Hutchison’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 2023, 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 Hutchison: questions
What is the median household income in Hutchison?
$105,651 (±$5,884) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hutchison?
14.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hutchison?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hutchison work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reston (7%, 4 mi), Tysons (6%, 10 mi), Chantilly (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hutchison walkable?
Hutchison is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hutchison without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 53% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hutchison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hutchison
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.