TyeTX
A town of 1,264, settled in 1901. A typical home costs 2 years of the Abilene metro’s $67K median household income.
Is Tye a good place to live?
Tye’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for health. Only 69 of Texas’ 998 towns score higher on cost of living. 5.4% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Tye, below both Texas’ towns (23%) and U.S. towns (29%). Tye's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns. Tye has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Tye stand out
Where Tye beats most towns.
1,264 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Tye grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Tye is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Tye: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tye, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Tye.
Tye’s typical home value is about $136K
The typical Tye home is worth about $136,000, up 5.3% in a year, 54% below the Texas typical home. 82% of households own their home in Tye, where Texas’ towns sit at 69% and U.S. towns at 73%. The median rent in Tye is $940 a month.
| Tye | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $940 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Tye is less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
Tye beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 17% of Tye adults smoke cigarettes.
| Tye | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Tye | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.4% | 74.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.9% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and hot summers in Tye
Tye has mild winters and hot summers. Tye’s July high is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More than half of Tye’s working residents commute to Abilene
Most working residents leave Tye for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Tye fell to 640 in 2023, 325 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Abilene (57%), Merkel (3%) and Austin (2%).
| Tye | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $48,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Moderate risk in Tye, with hail at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rister Park Playground | — | 11 |
| 2. Tye Town Playground | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Abilene Zoological Gardens and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tye. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Zoo & aquariumAbilene Zoological Gardens225K visitors a year
8 mi MuseumThe Grace Museum60K visitors a year
12 mi MuseumBuffalo Gap Historic VillagePhoto credits
Abilene Zoological Gardens: Keithimus (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Grace Museum: Keithimus (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Buffalo Gap Historic Village: Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Tye
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Tye
About 0 of every 100 Tye residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Tye
City in Texas, United States
Tye is a city in Taylor County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,176 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas metropolitan statistical area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,795 ft
- ZIP code
- 79563
- Area code
- 325
Questions about Tye
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tye, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.