Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety99#210/15,637
Economy30#10,927/15,631
Housing80#2,985/14,977
Health76#3,739/15,609
Healthcare27#11,480/15,650
Environment95#742/15,453
Education83#2,628/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,223/15,650
Community94#899/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,399/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tyler, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lincoln County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Property crime rate · low68 /100k
100/100Minnesota 1,412 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureLincoln County value
Pharmacies · high5.4 /10k
100/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value
Grocery stores · high7.2 /10k
100/100Minnesota 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value
Social associations · high27.2 /10k
100/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Public libraries · high7.2 /10k
100/100Minnesota 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLincoln County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Minnesota 13.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataLincoln County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low18 /100k
1/100Minnesota 383 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
1/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low25.4%
2/100Minnesota 86.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Minnesota 8.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLincoln County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Minnesota 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value
Average weekly wage · low$888
5/100Minnesota $1,480United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,316 (2015-2019) → 1,090 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.2% (2015-2019) → 87.9% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
29.8% (2015-2019) → 13.3% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
2.7% (2015-2019) → 12.5% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.8% (2015-2019) → 41.1% (2020-2024)
−9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$44,969 (2015-2019) → $65,500 (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Tyler, Minnesota improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+25 points63.2% → 87.9%
Household income+46%$44,969 → $65,500

Declined2

Uninsured+9.8 points2.7% → 12.5%
Price / income+0.5×1.8× → 2.3×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Tyler, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Within the margin of error	28%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Broadband subscriptions	63.2%2015-2019	87.9%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	0.94%2015-2019	1.07%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	87.6%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4112015-2019	0.4532020-2024	+0.042	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$44,9692015-2019	$65,5002020-2024	+46%	Improved	81%
Poverty rate	18.8%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent as share of income	30.3%2015-2019	22.3%2020-2024	−8 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent-burdened households	50.8%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	−9.7 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	2.7%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Declined	3%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Tyler, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tyler, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Tyler, Minnesota itself moved +6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,090 residents (±118)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 women (+3.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,090 residents (±118)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White94%1,028
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.3%†36

Education

772 residents (±75)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma11%†83
High school or GED32%246
Some college22%173

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

422 households (±52)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k14%†61
$25k–50k19%†79
$50k–75k24%102
$75k–100k10%†44
$100k–150k18%77
$150k–200k6.2%†26
$200k or more7.8%†33

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−17.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

422 households (±52)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own75%317
Rent25%105

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

102 households (±24)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75050%†51
$750–1,00032%†33
$1,000–1,50015%†15

Home values

317 homes (±44)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k49%155
$150k–250k35%111
$250k–400k13%†40

Age of homes

486 homes (±58)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later1.9%†9
2000–20093.3%†16
1980–199912%†56

Size of homes

486 homes (±58)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom2.9%†14
2 bedrooms29%142

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

501 workers (±69)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone71%358
Carpool12%†58
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†4
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%†73
Other1.6%†8

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

428 workers (±58)

Tyler, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min43%184
15–29 min16%†69
30–44 min32%†136

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Lincoln County, the county holding most of Tyler's residents.

Lincoln County has 183 employer establishments, 328 for every 10,000 residents (1.32× the US rate of 248; 1.22× Minnesota's), with 1,176 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,651. The Census Bureau also counts 531 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 183; 531 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 328; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 1,176
Average annual pay: $43,651; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lincoln County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	15	26.9	4.84×More than typical	45	$12,689	—
Truck transportation	15	26.9	5.31×More than typical	33	$25,152	27
Specialty trade contractors	14	25.1	1.62×More than typical	28	$55,607	49
Ambulatory health care services	8	14.3	0.69×Too few to compare	65	$54,754	20
Construction of buildings	8	14.3	1.89×Too few to compare	13	$59,000	23
Restaurants and other eating places	7	12.5	0.68×Too few to compare	57	$11,140	5
Building equipment contractors	6	10.7	1.79×Too few to compare	17	$51,647	8
Full-service restaurants	6	10.7	1.40×Too few to compare	54	$11,537	3
Gasoline stations	6	10.7	3.31×Too few to compare	64	$16,391	—
Grocery and convenience stores	6	10.7	3.62×Too few to compare	52	$12,269	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	6	10.7	2.45×Too few to compare	20	$47,350	7
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	5	9	5.43×Too few to compare	38	$44,105	3

Rank places for an industry Open Lincoln County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,584 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $18.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tyler, Minnesota: $16.94 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $18.5K; +233% vs FY2025
Per resident: $16.94; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$17K92%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,5078.2%

Top recipients

PROW'ESS CONSTRUCTION CORP.$17K92%
AVERA TYLER$1,5078.2%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5FY2018
108.4FY2019
215.4FY2020
261.7FY2021
39.5FY2022
1.2KFY2023
1KFY2024
5.5KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$13.1K71%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$3,83121%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$1,5078.2%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Tyler, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Tyler, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Lincoln County, MN ($632.9K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Tyler is mostly in Lincoln County.

See federal money in Lincoln County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tyler, Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michelle FischbachR-MN-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Lincoln County92100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Lincoln County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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