City safety & data profile

TylerTX

Tyler, TX is a 104K-resident city in Smith County with a median household income of $67,486.

Smith County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Tyler, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Tyler has a population larger than 93% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $235,300, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

104K
Population (place)
Top 7%
By size
$67,486
Median income (place)
$235,300
Median home (place)
12.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Tyler

Tyler posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Tyler area.

Bottom 34%
by median income, US cities
4
hospitals in & near Tyler

Where Tyler income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$67,486 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Tyler $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Tyler, TX beyond the headline numbers

Tyler sits inside Smith County, Texas, at roughly 32.35°N, -95.30°W. Population 103,700, $67,486 median household income. Median home value $235,300, median rent $1,252. Poverty rate 12.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

4 hospitals in/around Tyler, 3.8/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER.

Poverty in Tyler, TX stands at 12.5%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Tyler costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 7.9% of Tyler workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.9% in Tyler, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Tyler workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Tyler's median age is 35 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Tyler from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
103,700
Tyler · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$67,486
-25% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$235,300
-43% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Smith County): Tyler's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
242K+14%
Median Income
$74,192+56%
Median Home Value
$240,700+99%
Poverty Rate
11.6%-31%
Unemployment
4.4%-46%

Economics

Economics indicators for Tyler, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,252/mo
Poverty Rate
12.5%
Unemployment 4.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 31.4%
Work From Home 7.9%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 58.6%
African American 22.3%
Asian 2.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.9%
Obesity
37.5%
High Blood Pressure
36%
Physical Inactivity
28.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
16.9%
Binge Drinking
15.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.7%
Diabetes
13.4%
Current Smoking
13.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.9%
Annual Checkup 75.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.4%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 4 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
2
★★★
0
★★
1
0
Average Rating
3.8/5
Total Hospitals
4
With ER
4
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE TEXAS SPINE & JOINT HOSPITAL
TYLER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★
CHRISTUS MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL
TYLER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER
TYLER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
UT HEALTH EAST TEXAS TYLER REGIONAL HOSPITAL
TYLER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Tyler?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Tyler right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-TYLER · Tyler

Tyler: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Tyler

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Tyler.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Tyler; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Tyler, TX?
Tyler, TX has a population of 103,700 people, located in Smith County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Tyler?
The median household income in Tyler, TX is $67,486 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.5%.
What is the median home value in Tyler?
The median home value in Tyler, TX is $235,300. Median rent is $1,252/month.
What are the top health concerns in Tyler?
The top health indicators in Tyler include Short Sleep Duration (38.9%), Obesity (37.5%), High Blood Pressure (36%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Tyler?
Tyler has 4 hospitals with an average rating of 3.8/5 stars. 4 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Tyler?
The median age in Tyler, TX is 35 years. 31.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Tyler, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (12.5% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($67,486 here).

Compare Tyler with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Tyler's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Tyler area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Tyler against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Smith County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.