Census-designated place · Fairfax County, Virginia

Hutchison, Virginia

Hutchison is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 7,284 residents. Hutchison, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 88 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,829 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #120 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on injury deaths (low), life expectancy (high) and premature death (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), uninsured residents (under 65) (high) and drought exposure (high).

88Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,829 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #120 of 375 in VA
Population: 7,284 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 13,275.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 5139259

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety88#1,887/15,637
Economy68#5,031/15,631
Housing33#10,016/14,977
Health88#1,893/15,609
Healthcare74#4,125/15,650
Environment72#4,257/15,453
Education91#1,368/15,649
Infrastructure80#3,089/15,650
Community81#3,024/15,651
Leisure & amenities60#6,183/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hutchison, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fairfax County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Injury deaths · low37 /100k
100/100Virginia 78 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Life expectancy · high85.0 yrs
100/100Virginia 77.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Premature death · low3,682 /100k
100/100Virginia 7,587 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Access to exercise opportunities · high99.7%
99/100Virginia 83.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Average weekly wage · high$2,212
99/100Virginia $1,540United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFairfax County value
Food environment index · high9.6
98/100Virginia 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
5/100Virginia 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesFairfax County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high22.9%
6/100Virginia 8.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Drought exposure · high80%
11/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAFairfax County value
Job growth · low-1.9%
14/100Virginia -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFairfax County value
Mammography screening · low40.0%
19/100Virginia 47.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFairfax County value
Physical inactivity · high30.4%
20/100Virginia 25.7%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.9% (2016-2020) → 58.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.0% (2016-2020) → 34.4% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
15.4% (2016-2020) → 22.9% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Poverty rateWorsening
8.1% (2016-2020) → 14.5% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
43.7% (2016-2020) → 39.7% (2020-2024)
−3.9 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$89,752 (2016-2020) → $105,651 (2020-2024)
+18%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Hutchison, Virginia over five years.

Cities and towns like Hutchison, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hutchison, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Hutchison, Virginia five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,284 residents (±1,197)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

7,284 residents (±1,197)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

White17%1,205
Black9.7%†710
Hispanic or Latino52%3,775

Education

4,437 residents (±958)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma24%†1,070
High school or GED17%†759
Some college7.8%†345

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,010 households (±287)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k5.8%†117
$25k–50k7.3%†146
$50k–75k17%†347
$75k–100k13%†260
$100k–150k31%†615
$150k–200k9.8%†197
$200k or more16%†328

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,010 households (±287)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

Own45%†913
Rent55%1,097

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,074 households (±173)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5004.5%†48

Home values

913 homes (±320)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k1.5%†14
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k23%†211

Age of homes

2,091 homes (±277)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later5.2%†108
2000–200916%†343
1980–199939%†815

Size of homes

2,091 homes (±277)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.5%†10
1 bedroom2.7%†56
2 bedrooms31%651

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,034 workers (±907)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone55%†2,231
Carpool23%†920
Public transit4.0%†163
Walk2.7%†107
Bike1.5%†60
Work from home10%†418
Other3.3%†135

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,616 workers (±920)

Hutchison, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min24%†876
15–29 min41%†1,486
30–44 min16%†565

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Fairfax County, the county holding most of Hutchison's residents.

Fairfax County has 31,931 employer establishments, 279 for every 10,000 residents (1.12× the US rate of 248; 1.16× Virginia's), with 696,002 paid employees at an average annual pay of $100,312. The Census Bureau also counts 130,037 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 31,931; 130,037 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 279; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 696,002
Average annual pay: $100,312; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fairfax County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Computer systems design and related services	3,683	32.2	7.44×More than typical	117,517	$121,878	3,011
Ambulatory health care services	3,051	26.7	1.28×More than typical	38,495	$75,312	6,211
Restaurants and other eating places	2,207	19.3	1.05×About typical	38,288	$27,027	674
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,016	17.6	2.63×More than typical	46,554	$118,434	9,057
Lessors of real estate	1,696	14.8	1.20×About typical	9,931	$88,564	11,883
Specialty trade contractors	1,404	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	16,724	$81,199	6,665
Limited-service restaurants	1,026	9	1.12×About typical	16,219	$23,525	211
Construction of buildings	990	8.7	1.15×About typical	10,638	$109,712	3,635
Offices of physicians	926	8.1	1.25×More than typical	10,959	$106,612	1,087
Full-service restaurants	908	7.9	1.03×About typical	18,718	$30,849	337
Offices of dentists	812	7.1	1.76×More than typical	5,693	$67,036	472
Personal care services	761	6.7	1.39×More than typical	3,840	$36,818	4,655

Rank places for an industry Open Fairfax County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,143,456 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $83.9M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hutchison, Virginia: $11,518 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $83.9M; −22% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,518; US $1,994
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 20%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$16.6M20%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$9.1M11%
Department of the Army$7.8M9.2%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$7.3M8.6%
Department of the Navy$7M8.3%
Internal Revenue Service$5.3M6.3%
Department of the Air Force$4.8M5.7%
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$2.5M3.0%

Top recipients

PERATON INC.$37.7M45%
SERCO INC$21.4M25%
PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$5.1M6.0%
GAP SOLUTIONS, INC.$2.4M2.9%
EVERFOX LLC$2M2.4%
LIQUID ROBOTICS, INC.

Spending by fiscal year

38.1MFY2017
47MFY2018
46.6MFY2019
104.2MFY2020
72.9MFY2021
78.5MFY2022
97.5MFY2023
95.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$36.9M44%
Information (NAICS 5178) · 5178$9.1M11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$7.6M9.0%
Other telecommunications · 5179$7.3M8.7%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$5.1M6.1%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hutchison, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Hutchison, Virginia's figures are part of those of Fairfax County, VA ($35.1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hutchison is mostly in Fairfax County.

See federal money in Fairfax County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hutchison, Virginia is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Fairfax County96100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV86

Other cities and towns in Fairfax County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Hutchison, Virginia five years ago that improved