Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Tyler is a city of 113,723, and it grades C− overall, ranked 364th of 640 in Texas. The trade-off: it reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, including 413 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. 51% of working residents work locally in Tyler, above both the Texas town median (8.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Only 28 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score higher on hazard risk. Its National Register listings include Tyler Municipal Rose Garden and Goodman-LeGrand House.
Where Tyler beats most towns.
Goodman-LeGrand House
Census counts: 2,423 in 1880, 105,995 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1859 and 3 maps from 1948 on.
35 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Tyler is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Tyler, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Tyler.
Tyler carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), draws workers from Whitehouse and beyond and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Texas.
76,299 jobs are based in Tyler, 1.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 20 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Tyler’s average trip to work is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Tyler grew to 76,299 in 2023, 6,941 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Dallas (3%), Longview (3%) and Houston (2%).
| Tyler | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Tyler ISD. Three of its 47 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,019 | B+ |
| Tyler Legacy H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,770 | B |
| Tyler Isd Early College H STop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 447 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 97% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $165 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on. 151 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 20 properties have flooded more than once.
The FEMA risk score in Tyler is 7 of 100. Since 1979, 151 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tyler.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reported crimes fell from 2,882 to 2,454 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Tyler reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 80% report less.
| Tyler | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.9 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
16 miles of trail in 21 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Faulkner Park, 180 acres with 1.6 miles of trail.
| Tyler | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Faulkner Park | 1.6 mi | 180 |
| 2. Rose Rudman Park | 0.7 mi | 44 |
| 3. Bergfeld Park | 0.5 mi | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons average 93.5°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 78% of Texas places with climate records; January nights average 36.2°.
Tyler has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Tyler | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Tyler home is worth about $250,000, about the same as a year ago, 16% below the Texas typical home. 55% of Tyler households own their home.
| Tyler | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,252 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Tyler beats the Texas average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 17% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Tyler.
| Tyler | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 74% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 36% |
| What stands out | Tyler | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 16.9% | 19.1% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 62.9% | 57.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.8% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 35 to 64 are 33% of residents (38% statewide). Tyler has grown 7.4% since 2020, to 113,723 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Tyler | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 26% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 14% | 18% |
52.3% women, 47.7% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 36.5, men 33.5.
| Tyler | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.9% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.5% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.2% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.6% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.3% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.4% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tyler. Close and well known come first.
in town Zoo & aquariumCaldwell Zoo
in town GardenRose Garden Center
in town MuseumDiscovery Science Place34 mi GardenEast Texas Arboretum and Botanical SocietyCaldwell Zoo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rose Garden Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Discovery Science Place: Paul M. Budd, CC BY-SA 3.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Tyler
About 9 of every 100 Tyler residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
3 colleges in town.
35 places in Tyler on the National Register of Historic Places.
53 notable people were born in Tyler.
City in Texas, United States
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the population is 105,995. Tyler is the 38th most populous city in Texas (as well as the most populous in Northeast Texas) and 289th in the United States. It is the principal city of the Tyler metropolitan statistical area, which is the 198th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. and 16th in Texas after Waco and the College Station–Bryan areas, with a population of 233,479 in 2020. The city is named for John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States. In 1985, the international Adopt-a-Highway movement began in Tyler. After appeals from local Texas Department of Transportation officials, the…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Tyler grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #364 of 640 in Texas. It grades C+ for health, C− for safety and B− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($74,192 across the Tyler, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
53 notable people were born here, including Patrick Mahomes and Larry Johnson.
