Best PlacesHutto, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hutto, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hutto ranks 213th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hutto
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Hutto's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hutto ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of cities
Where Hutto ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hutto
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hutto home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,317, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Hutto's effective rate of 1.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hutto
Hutto runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hutto.
Who works in Hutto, and how
Work in Hutto centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hutto
Hutto has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hutto and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hutto, month by month
Hutto sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Hutto
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 24 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hutto
Schools across Hutto average a C+, better than 40% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Rowe Lane ElA− · 59% proficient
- Forest Creek ElB · 49% proficient
- Riojas ElB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kelly Lane MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Ridgeview MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Cele MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Hendrickson H SA− · 59% proficient
- Hutto H SB · 50% proficient
- Cedar Ridge H SB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hutto school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hutto measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Hutto against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hutto suits
Families
Schools land around the 40th percentile and crime safety beats 92%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of cities and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hutto
Is Hutto a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hutto ranks 213th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and low crime, and lowest on tree cover and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hutto expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $385,225. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $124,317 median income, cost of living beats 95% of cities.
Is Hutto safe?
Yes, Hutto is safer than 92% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $227 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hutto?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 42. That works out to about 175 pleasant days a year, more than 88% of cities.
Is Hutto good for families?
Schools beat 40% of cities, crime safety beats 92%, and childcare runs $928 a month.
Compare Hutto with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hutto. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hutto represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Hutto detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hutto: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hutto: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hutto: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hutto: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hutto detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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