Rents are right about where Hutchinson's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $805 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
November. Asking rents in Hutchinson usually run 1% below trend in November and 0.6% above it in July, about $13 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in Hutchinson is 0.1% below its high of $806 in July 2026, at $805 as of September 2026.
Rent in Hutchinson changed +5.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 21 Kansas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.2%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Hutchinson rose 33% while median household income rose 25.1% ($46,927 to $58,687). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Hutchinson is 44% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($58,687) is $1,467 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($1,350).
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Hutchinson. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Hutchinson, KS is majority owner-occupied, has a median income below the national average, 19.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Hutchinson, KS has changed in 5 years
Rent in Hutchinson, KS has climbed 39.0% since 2021, going from about $579 per month to roughly $805 today. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $52,277 in 2021 to $58,687 more recently. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 26.7 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 40,202 to 39,709 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.2% change. About 37.4% of households rent today, against 34.7% in 2021. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Hutchinson, KS market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Hutchinson is $805/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $680/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $990/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $755/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,195/mo.
At 16% of local median household income ($58,687/yr), Hutchinson ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.1% over the past year.
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