Hutchins is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,607 at the 2020 census.

History

The area was first inhabited by families around 1860 as a trading place for immigrants who settled along the west bank of the Trinity River and new arrivals who crossed the Trinity at Dowd's Ferry from the east.

The town received its name from railroad developer William J. Hutchins, who was then president and general manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad (H&TC). The railway was completed through Hutchins in 1872. That same year a post office opened in the community. about south of downtown Dallas. It is bordered by Dallas on the north and northwest, Lancaster on the southwest, Wilmer to the south, and the Trinity River to the east. Interstate Highways 20 and 45 pass through the city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 2.35%, is covered by water.

Thomas Korosec of the Dallas Observer wrote that the main street of Hutchins had "a faded, smalltown feel" due to the shops along it.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Hutchins had a population of 5,607, a median age of 30.9 years, with 30.1% of residents under the age of 18 and 7.7% aged 65 or older; for every 100 females there were 111.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 114.2 males age 18 and over.

90.1% of residents lived in urban areas while 9.9% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,598 households, of which 51.4% had children under the age of 18; 38.0% were married-couple households, 16.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 37.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 17.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

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| White || 1,252 || 22.3%

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| Black or African American || 2,180 || 38.9%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 81 || 1.4%

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| Asian || 18 || 0.3%

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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 1 || 0.0%

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| Some other race || 1,298 || 23.1%

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| Two or more races || 777 || 13.9%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 2,550 || 45.5%

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Government and infrastructure

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Hutchins State Jail for men in Hutchins.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Most of Hutchins is within the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). As of fall 2011, the area is zoned to Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School, Kennedy-Curry Middle School, and Wilmer-Hutchins High School.

A portion of Hutchins is within Lancaster Independent School District.

Until the end of the school district, C.S. Winn Elementary School was located in Hutchins. The Hutchins Academic Elementary School was also located in Hutchins. the former students moved to C.S. Winn and Wilmer Elementary School in Wilmer in January 2005. In addition, Kennedy-Curry Middle School and Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, then under WHISD control, served Wilmer. For the 2005–2006 school year until the 2010–2011 school year, the WHISD portion of Hutchins was served by several schools located in Dallas. The final 12th grade class of WHISD attended South Oak Cliff High School. Other than that class, zoned high schools with sections of Hutchins included A. Maceo Smith and David W. Carter.

The Dallas ISD considered opening a new Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School building, restoring the Wilmer-Hutchins High School building, and demolishing the Kennedy-Curry Middle School building as part of its 2008 bond campaign. The Wilmer Hutchins Elementary School will open in an area of the City of Dallas in 2011. In November 2010 DISD announced that three schools (Wilmer Hutchins ES, Kennedy-Curry Middle School, and Wilmer-Hutchins HS) would open/reopen in the Wilmer-Hutchins area in 2011.

Public libraries

The Atwell Public Library serves Hutchins.

Colleges and universities

Dallas County residents are zoned to Dallas College (formerly Dallas County Community College or DCCC).

Miscellaneous

Union Pacific's Dallas Intermodal Terminal is located partly in the city of Hutchins and partly in the city of Wilmer.

Notes

References

  • City of Hutchins official website
  • Hutchins Fire Department
  • Hutchins Police Department
  • Hutchins Economic Development Corporation
  • Hutchins Economic Development Corporation (Archive)