City safety & data profile

HutchinsonMN

Hutchinson, MN is a 14K-resident city in McLeod County with a median household income of $72,836.

McLeod County, Minnesota. 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 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $229,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 24%
By size
$72,836
Median income (place)
$229,600
Median home (place)
12.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hutchinson

Hutchinson posts a median household income higher than 40% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Hutchinson area.

Bottom 41%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Hutchinson

Where Hutchinson income ranks nationally

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

$72,836 Bottom 40% higher than 40% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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

Largest cities in MN

Population among 97 MN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Minneapolis is the largest MN city on this list; Rogers leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in MN

Median household income among the same 97-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Rogers posts the highest place-level median income in MN; Minneapolis 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, MN beyond the headline numbers

Hutchinson sits inside McLeod County, Minnesota, at roughly 44.89°N, -94.37°W. Population 13,913, $72,836 median household income. Median home value $229,600, median rent $940. Poverty rate 12.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Hutchinson, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Hutchinson, MN stands at 12.4%, 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.

The median home in Hutchinson costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 9.6% of Hutchinson workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.8% in Hutchinson, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 41.9 years, Hutchinson's median age is in the oldest quarter 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)
13,913
Hutchinson · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,836
-19% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$229,600
-44% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (McLeod 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
37K+1%
Median Income
$80,084+45%
Median Home Value
$246,100+58%
Poverty Rate
8.7%+2%
Unemployment
3.3%-46%

Economics

Economics indicators for Hutchinson, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$940/mo
Poverty Rate
12.4%
Unemployment 4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 26.1%
Work From Home 9.6%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 91.8%
African American 1%
Asian 0.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.5%
High Blood Pressure
32.6%
Short Sleep Duration
32.3%
Physical Inactivity
24.9%
Binge Drinking
18.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.4%
Current Smoking
14.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
12%
Diabetes
10.9%
Current Asthma
10%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.4%
Annual Checkup 74.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.6%
Stroke
3.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
HUTCHINSON HEALTH
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 MN-HUTCHINSON-MN · 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 Minnesota 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, MN? ▼
Hutchinson, MN has a population of 13,913 people, located in McLeod County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Hutchinson? ▼
The median household income in Hutchinson, MN is $72,836 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.4%.
What is the median home value in Hutchinson? ▼
The median home value in Hutchinson, MN is $229,600. Median rent is $940/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hutchinson? ▼
The top health indicators in Hutchinson include Obesity (41.5%), High Blood Pressure (32.6%), Short Sleep Duration (32.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Hutchinson? ▼
Hutchinson has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Hutchinson? ▼
The median age in Hutchinson, MN is 41.9 years. 26.1% 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 Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (12.4% here).

Anaheim, CA 12.4% Tacoma, WA 12.4% Ontario, CA 12.4% Midland, TX 12.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($72,836 here).

Cleveland Heights, OH $72,826 Lebanon, TN $72,848 Miami Beach, FL $72,856 Garden City, KS $72,865

Compare Hutchinson with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Buffalo, MN 16K New Ulm, MN 13K Waconia, MN 12K Saint Peter, MN 11K Saint Cloud, MN 66K Monticello, MN 13K Willmar, MN 20K Sauk Rapids, MN 13K
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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 Minnesota peers on any ranking lens. Explore Minnesota

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 (McLeod 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.