Tyler
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About Tyler
City in Texas, United StatesTyler 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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How Tyler ranks
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Housing in Tyler
The typical Tyler home is worth about $253,000, about the same as a year ago, 16% below the Texas typical home.
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Safety in Tyler
Safety Grade C-
Tyler reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 79% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 54%.
Work & commute in Tyler
Full picture →51% of Tyler’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Dallas (3%), Longview (3%) and Houston (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.
Health in Tyler
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 39% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Texas
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 20 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Tyler
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 7% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Tyler
Full climate →Tyler has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 36°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Schools in Tyler
All Tyler schools →School Grade B
The public schools Tyler’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
Tyler is a college town
Colleges →of Tyler’s residents are enrolled in college. Tyler Junior College has about 9,743 students on campus, and 2 more colleges are in town.
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