City safety & data profile

HutchinsonKS

Hutchinson, KS is a 42K-resident city in Reno County with a median household income of $58,687.

Reno County, Kansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hutchinson, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hutchinson has a population larger than 75% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $125,000, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

42K
Population (place)
Top 25%
By size
$58,687
Median income (place)
$125,000
Median home (place)
14.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hutchinson

Hutchinson posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Hutchinson area.

Bottom 21%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Hutchinson

Where Hutchinson income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$58,687 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Hutchinson $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in KS

Population among 36 KS places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Wichita is the largest KS city on this list; Leawood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in KS

Median household income among the same 36-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Leawood posts the highest place-level median income in KS; Wichita is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Hutchinson, KS beyond the headline numbers

Hutchinson sits inside Reno County, Kansas, at roughly 38.06°N, -97.93°W. Population 41,569, $58,687 median household income. Median home value $125,000, median rent $881. Poverty rate 14.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Hutchinson, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Hutchinson, KS stands at 14.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Hutchinson runs about 2.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4.8% of Hutchinson workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 44.8% in Hutchinson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Hutchinson workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hutchinson from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
41,569
Hutchinson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,687
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$125,000
-70% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Reno County): Hutchinson's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
62K-4%
Median Income
$60,645+38%
Median Home Value
$132,500+46%
Poverty Rate
12.5%+1%
Unemployment
3.9%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for Hutchinson, KS
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$881/mo
Poverty Rate
14.9% +20% vs avg
Unemployment 4.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 19.3%
Work From Home 4.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 81.5%
African American 3.9%
Asian 0.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
44.8%
Short Sleep Duration
38.7%
High Blood Pressure
35.1%
Physical Inactivity
30.7%
Current Smoking
17.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.9%
Binge Drinking
15.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.8%
Diabetes
13.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
11.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.3%
Annual Checkup 78%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.7%
Stroke
3.9%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
HUTCHINSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC
HUTCHINSON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Hutchinson?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hutchinson right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet KS-HUTCHINSON-KS · Hutchinson

Hutchinson: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Hutchinson

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Hutchinson.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Hutchinson; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Kansas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Hutchinson, KS? ▼
Hutchinson, KS has a population of 41,569 people, located in Reno County, Kansas.
What is the median household income in Hutchinson? ▼
The median household income in Hutchinson, KS is $58,687 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.9%.
What is the median home value in Hutchinson? ▼
The median home value in Hutchinson, KS is $125,000. Median rent is $881/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hutchinson? ▼
The top health indicators in Hutchinson include Obesity (44.8%), Short Sleep Duration (38.7%), High Blood Pressure (35.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Hutchinson? ▼
Hutchinson has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Hutchinson? ▼
The median age in Hutchinson, KS is 39.4 years. 19.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hutchinson, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KS (14.9% here).

Hemet, CA 14.9% Springfield, OR 14.9% Poinciana, FL 14.9% Pittsfield, MA 14.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KS ($58,687 here).

Bridgeport, CT $58,685 Claremore, OK $58,685 Pine Hills, FL $58,673 Wilmington, DE $58,671

Compare Hutchinson with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

McPherson, KS 13K Newton, KS 19K Wichita, KS 396K Haysville, KS 11K Derby, KS 24K Salina, KS 48K Andover, KS 13K Great Bend, KS 16K
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Using Hutchinson's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Hutchinson area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Hutchinson against Kansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Reno County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.