HutchisonVA
Home to 7,284 people, this town lies in Virginia.
Is Hutchison a good place to live?
Hutchison does especially well on walkability — it is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Taken together, its subjects give Hutchison a B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 124th of 249 in Virginia. What holds it back is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $477K, 3.8 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. The town’s typical rent is $2,388 a month, above both Virginia’s towns ($1,760 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Only 6 of the 253 Virginia towns we compare have a lower share of residents 65 or older than Hutchison. On hazard risk, just 22 of Virginia’s 372 towns do better.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index.
What makes Hutchison stand out
Where Hutchison beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Hutchison Elementary | PK–6 | 970 |
99% of working residents leave Hutchison for work
Where Hutchison’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hutchison grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Hutchison is from typical.
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White House and 244 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hutchison. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw21 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw20 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw20 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw22 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
4 mi MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M visitors a yearPhoto credits
White House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Hutchison: who provides what
Hutchison is unincorporated, so Fairfax County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hutchison.
Hutchison sends most of its workers to Reston and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and is mostly renters.
The biggest natural risk in Hutchison is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
Compared with 94% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Hutchison is lower. Expected losses in Hutchison break down as 54% from inland flooding and 13% from heat waves. Also worth knowing: the town has had one paid flood insurance claim since 2011.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Hutchison’s schools beat 74% of Virginia districts
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Fairfax County Public Schools. Enrollment at Hutchison’s public school: 970 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchison ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 970 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
Most people working in Hutchison commute elsewhere
Hutchison has 349 jobs for its 2,740 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Jobs in Hutchison fell by 53 from 2013 to 2023, to 349. Most working residents leave Hutchison for work: only 1% work in town. In Hutchison, 15% of residents live below the poverty line. For half of commuters, work is under 9 miles away.
| Hutchison | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 10% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $106,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hutchison skews younger than Virginia
Only 45.4% of households own their home, against 67.3% across Virginia.
For residents in Hutchison, the share who are under 18 is 28%. People 65 and older are 5% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 33% of residents (23% statewide). The age of the median resident in the town is 29.1 years. 24% never finished high school.
| Hutchison | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 5.4% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 29.1 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 44% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 39% and 61% women
The Census survey reached too few of Hutchison’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11 points. Across Virginia, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Hutchison | VA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19.2% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 22% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.2% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.9% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.9% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.5% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 24.1% | 8.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.1% | 23.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 7.8% | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25% | 23.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.7% | 18.5% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The climate in Hutchison brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 26°, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hutchison ranks healthier than 62% of the country’s towns
Against the 7,779 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hutchison’s, it is less healthy than 63%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Hutchison, 14% binge drink. Of 32 CDC measures, Hutchison beats the Virginia average on 8 and trails it on 15. Nearly two in five adults in Hutchison feel lonely; 23% worry about having enough food. Only 5 of the 253 Virginia towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Hutchison.
| Hutchison | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 79% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hutchison | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.6% | 7.7% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 16.5% | 26.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Hutchison sells for about $471K at the median
The median property tax bill is $4,397, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
45% of Hutchison households own their home.
| Hutchison | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,388 a month | $1,760 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 45% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Hutchison
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Hutchison
About 7 of every 100 Hutchison residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
About Hutchison
Census-designated place in Virginia
Hutchison is a census designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a residential development just north of Virginia State Route 267, located 23 miles west of Washington, D.C. The community is one of the census-designated places newly recognized for the 2020 United States census. As of the 2020 census, the population of Hutchison is 6,231.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 364 ft
Hutchison’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Hutchison.
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Questions about Hutchison
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hutchison, VA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Hutchison grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #124 of 249 in Virginia. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Hutchison, VA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $477,000, 16% above the Virginia typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.