Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety39#568/924
Economy79#198/925
Housing43#531/925
Health60#375/925
Healthcare32#632/923
Environment29#652/917
Education55#421/925
Infrastructure42#535/925
Community32#632/925
Leisure & amenities22#724/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tyler, TX metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low18.6%
98/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · low7.3 /100k
94/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · high99 /100k
90/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · high$75,858
84/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · low35
83/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Injury deaths · low73 /100k
82/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high20.2%
5/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.0 µg/m³
8/100Texas 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Hot days · high87 days
12/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high3,752 /100k
14/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · high24.7 /100k
14/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties

Trends

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

PopulationRising
234,205 (2020) → 252,549 (2025)
+7.8%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
15% (2021) → 58% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+42 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.7% (2015-2019) → 90.6% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Property crime rateImproving
2,175 /100k (2020) → 1,184 /100k (2025)
−46%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
52.0% (2019) → 43.0% (2023)
−9 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Mental health providersImproving
144 /100k (2021) → 202 /100k (2025)
+41%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, TX metro area improved on 18 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 4 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved18

Grocery stores+37%0.8 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Poverty−3.8 points15.4% → 11.6%
Inequality−0.0190.467 → 0.448
Pharmacies+9%1.7 /10k → 1.9 /10k
High school++3 points85.8% → 88.7%

Declined3

Libraries−6.7%0.3 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Price / income+0.5×2.8× → 3.2×
Traffic deaths+6.9%23.1 /100k → 24.7 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Tyler, TX metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	2.9 /10k2025	+2.4%	Little change	35%
Average commute time	24.4 min2015-2019	23.1 min2020-2024	−1.3 min	Within the margin of error	91%
Average weekly wage	$9492020	$1,1482025	+21%	Improved	29%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	35%
Broadband subscriptions	80.7%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Improved	61%
Child poverty rate	20.4%2015-2019	15.5%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Improved	75%
Distance to an airport	97 mi2020	97 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	22%
Drug overdose deaths	7.7 /100k2020	7.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−5.2%	Improved	32%
Effective property tax rate	1.37%2015-2019	1.15%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	78%
Firearm deaths	18.4 /100k2020	16.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Improved	68%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+37%	Improved	95%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−4%	Little change	31%
High school diploma or higher	85.8%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	80%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	50%
Homicide rate	7.3 /100k2020	3.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−47%	Improved	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$58,6322019	$75,8582024	+29%	Improved	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4672015-2019	0.4482020-2024	−0.019	Improved	88%
Median household income	$56,8102015-2019	$74,1922020-2024	+31%	Improved	68%
New business applications	10.7 /1k2020	14.8 /1k2025	+39%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+9%	Improved	87%
Poverty rate	15.4%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Improved	92%
Property crime rate	2,175 /100k2020	1,184 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	78%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−6.7%	Declined	18%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent-burdened households	47.3%2015-2019	47.7%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Restaurants and bars	6.1 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	−2.1%	Little change	36%
Suicide rate	17.9 /100k2020	17.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4.5%	Little change	70%
Traffic deaths	23.1 /100k2015-2019	24.7 /100k2020-2024	+6.9%	Declined	50%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2020	4.0%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.3%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Violent crime rate	373 /100k2020	295 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	59%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Tyler, TX metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tyler, TX metro area 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, TX metro area itself moved +6.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

241,740 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

83,134 households (±1,163)

Tyler, TX metro area
United States share

Under $25k14%11,549
$25k–50k19%15,681
$50k–75k18%14,834

Homes

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

Owners and renters

83,134 households (±1,163)

Tyler, TX metro area
United States share

Own69%57,215
Rent31%25,919

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.4 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

110,174 workers (±1,790)

Tyler, TX metro area
United States share

Drive alone78%85,821
Carpool9.5%10,443
Public transit0.2%†232

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Tyler, TX employ 32,190 people. 1 pay a median above the US median and 9 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Tyler, TX by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides5,450 jobs	5,450	$23,980US $35,800	−33%	1.71×
Registered Nurses4,430 jobs	4,430

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.

Tyler, TX has 6,356 employer establishments, 258 for every 10,000 residents (1.04× the US rate of 248), with 98,886 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,912. The Census Bureau also counts 24,701 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,356; 24,701 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 258; US 248
Paid employees: 98,886
Average annual pay: $52,912; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	529	21.5	1.03×About typical	10,160	$63,296	1,213
Restaurants and other eating places	468	19	1.04×About typical	10,641	$20,828	102
Specialty trade contractors	413	16.8	1.08×About typical	3,927	$58,405	2,183
Lessors of real estate	326	13.3	1.08×About typical	1,024	$55,146	2,106
Limited-service restaurants	231	9.4	1.17×About typical	5,128	$19,355	33
Religious organizations	226	9.2	1.66×More than typical	2,679	$33,448	—
Legal services	212	8.6	1.60×More than typical	934	$93,518	188
Services to buildings and dwellings	182	7.4	1.10×About typical	1,457	$32,021	1,663
Construction of buildings	178	7.2	0.96×About typical	670	$59,660	1,067
Building equipment contractors	162	6.6	1.09×About typical	1,937	$57,704	372
Offices of physicians	156	6.3	0.98×About typical	3,145	$98,106	282
Full-service restaurants	151	6.1	0.80×Fewer than typical	4,689	$22,763	45

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 245,945 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $7.4M on contracts performed in Tyler, TX metro area: $29.10 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7.4M; −64% vs FY2025
Per resident: $29.10; US $1,994
Sole-source: 8.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.1%; 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 Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$4M55%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.9M26%
Public Buildings Service$582.4K7.9%
U.S. Marshals Service$410.2K5.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$354.7K4.8%
Department of the Army$281.6K3.8%
Department of the Air Force$263.1K3.6%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$158.2K2.2%

Top recipients

ECLECTIC REENTRY SERVICES, LLC$4M55%
EAST TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$1.9M26%
CENTERRA GROUP, LLC$333.2K4.5%
QUALITY SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, LLC$330.9K4.5%
XENTURIS LLC$263.1K3.6%

Spending by fiscal year

23MFY2017
25.7MFY2018
13.1MFY2019
17.1MFY2020
12.2MFY2021
8.6MFY2022
26.6MFY2023
32.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other residential care facilities · 6239$4M55%
Other textile product mills · 3149$1.3M18%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$627K8.5%
Facilities support services · 5612$347.6K4.7%
Investigation and security services · 5616$333.2K4.5%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$263.1K

Largest awards

CIRCUIT 5 D78 - FY 2026 CSO PROGRAM FUNDING$9M
CENTERRA GROUP, LLC· Smith County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2025 – Aug 25, 2026· 15M10525FD7826CSO
CIRCUIT 5 D78 - FY 2025 CSO PROGRAM FUNDING$8.6M
CENTERRA GROUP, LLC· Smith County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Sep 24, 2024 – Dec 17, 2025· 15M10524FD7825CSO
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE UPGRADES TO THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND FIRE SPRINKLER RETROFIT AT THE WILLIAM M STEGER FEDERAL BUILDING 221 W. FERGUSON ST., TYLER, TX 75702.$3.3M
JE SYSTEMS INC· Smith County, TX· Construction & real property· Aug 13, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· 47PH0524C0009
RESIDENTIAL REENTRY CENTER (RRC) AND HOME CONFINEMENT (HC) SERVICES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS. FY25 FUNDS

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Tyler, TX metro area: $6,174 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.6B; +0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,174; US $12,955
Loan face value: $90.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$955.7M61%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$168.1M11%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$99M6.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$93.5M6.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$57.1M3.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$41.4M2.7%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$37.1M2.4%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$24.3M1.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$69M4.4%
AUSTIN, TX
TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE$30M1.9%
TYLER, TX
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER, THE$28.3M1.8%
TYLER, TX
CITY OF TYLER$12.9M0.8%
TYLER, TX
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER$5M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.2B76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$193.1M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$69.1M4.4%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$61.3M3.9%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$11.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.3BFY2021
1.2BFY2022
1.3BFY2023
1.4BFY2024
1.6BFY2025
1.6BFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Tyler, TX

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Smith CountyCentral county47252,549

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

TylerPrincipal city109,215

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Areas based in Texas, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved18

Declined3

Metro and micro areas like Tyler, TX metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Tyler, TX

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved18

Declined3

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought

Top programs

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Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

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