Tyler, TX
Tyler, TX Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Tyler, TX Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Tyler ranks 124th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 147th for income. A household earns $76,087 a year while median rent runs $1,272/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 8% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is hazard safety (2nd of 300), while health is the soft spot (214th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 157th and home prices 139th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Tyler, your take-home is worth about $66,532 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 147th of 300↑27.7%$76,087
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 93rd of 30092 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $82,563
- Per-capita income
- $36,863
- Full-time pay
- $39,835
Housing
- Median rent
- 157th of 300↑28%$1,272/mo
- Home value
- 139th of 300↑73.9%$291,800
- Property tax
- $2,551/yr · 0.9%
- Sales tax
- 8.20%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 198th of 3004.9%
- Bachelor's+
- 169th of 30032%
- Avg commute
- 115th of 30023.3 min
People
- Population
- 249,091
- Population change
- +7%
- Median age
- 37.5 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 8.5%
- Broadband
- 93.3%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 52nd of 30039
- Natural-hazard loss
- 2nd of 300$6/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 214th of 30020.6%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 15.6%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Air quality
- + Hazard safety
Watch-outs
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — tyler pounds fld.
What jobs pay in Tyler
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $150,510
- Pharmacists
- $136,790
- Financial managers
- $136,520
- Lawyers
- $130,390
- Software developers
- $123,760
- Civil engineers
- $84,960
- General & operations managers
- $84,150
- Registered nurses
- $80,340
- Accountants & auditors
- $72,900
- Police officers
- $72,400
- Family medicine physicians
- $66,390
- Secondary school teachers
- $61,060
- Elementary school teachers
- $60,120
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $51,290
- Electricians
- $50,260
- Plumbers
- $49,060
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $44,770
- Carpenters
- $44,220
- Customer service reps
- $37,720
- Construction laborers
- $37,700
- Janitors
- $31,150
- Retail salespersons
- $28,050
- Cashiers
- $27,570
- Waiters & waitresses
- $22,370
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Tyler metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Texas are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California654
- Florida347
- Louisiana239
- North Carolina182
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Tyler metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Tyler metro?
- Median gross rent across the Tyler, TX Metro Area is $1,272 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Tyler.
- What is the median household income in the Tyler metro?
- A typical household in the Tyler, TX Metro Area earns $76,087 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Tyler expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Tyler, TX Metro Area runs about 8% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Tyler metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $82,563 (versus its face value of $76,087). CityLedger rates the Tyler, TX Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Tyler metro?
- The median home value across the Tyler, TX Metro Area is $291,800 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Tyler metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Tyler, TX Metro Area is 4.9% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).