The story of this market
The typical home in Tyler, Texas sells for about $284,667, or $177 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-1%), a market in balance. Homes take about 51 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,600 a month.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+1.1%
TX · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Tyler, Texas
The Tyler residential market has settled into balanced territory with median sale prices around $285,000, 4.1 months of active inventory, and homes taking 51 days to contract. Buyers benefit from greater negotiation room with sale-to-list ratios at 97.6% and over 20% of listings taking price cuts. Stable demand underpinned by the regional healthcare and university anchor sectors prevents steep price corrections.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to Tyler yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Deterministic aggregate of 8 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Median prices moved down 2.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 51 days on market with 0.3 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
1% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 9.91% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.1% · poverty 12.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
- Jellystone Park™ Tyler4.612.7 mi
- The Discovery Science Place4.50.1 mi
- iJump Tyler Trampoline Park4.54 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.57.1 mi
- Chuck E. Cheese3.83.4 mi
- Stanley's Famous Pit Barbecue4.60.6 mi
- Jellystone Park™ Tyler4.612.7 mi
- Times Square Grand Slam4.64.1 mi
- Circle M Crawfish4.418.7 mi
- The Grove Kitchen & Gardens4.43.1 mi
- Tyler State Park4.79 mi
- Caldwell Zoo4.61.9 mi
- Times Square Grand Slam4.64.1 mi
- Tyler Rose Garden4.71.3 mi
- AMC Tyler 1445.7 mi
- The Discovery Science Place4.50.1 mi
- Tyler Museum of Art4.41.6 mi
- Tyler Rose Museum & Gift Shop4.61.3 mi
- American Freedom Museum4.814 mi
- Goodman-LeGrand House & Museum4.70.4 mi
- Tyler State Park4.79 mi
- Lindsey Park4.55.1 mi
- Faulkner Park4.77 mi
- Tyler State Park HQ4.69 mi
- Bergfeld Park4.71.2 mi
- Willow Brook Country Club4.62 mi
- Cascades Country Club4.63.7 mi
- Pine Springs Golf Club45.7 mi
- Oak Hurst Golf Course3.712.6 mi
- Broadway Square4.33.6 mi
- Sprouts Farmers Market4.53.1 mi
- Ross Dress for Less43.9 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.36.9 mi
- Kohl's4.36 mi
- Tyler Pounds Regional Airport4.16.3 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this city — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Spanning 14 acres with over 38,000 rose bushes, it is the largest municipal rose garden in the United States and hosts the annual Texas Rose Festival.
An 85-acre zoological park housing over 2,000 animals from Africa, North America, and South America, serving as a key regional tourism destination.
A popular South Tyler multi-use paved trail network winding along scenic creeks and parks, heavily utilized for walking, running, and cycling.
Combined 4,500-acre reservoirs offering boating, freshwater fishing, skiing, and shoreline residential living located southeast of the city limits.
Tyler best fits healthcare professionals, medical students, and families seeking an affordable regional urban hub with robust services and medical infrastructure. It also appeals to cash-flow single-family rental investors and retirees drawn to specialized regional healthcare without large-metro congestion.
Tyler is primarily served by Tyler Independent School District, which holds an overall Texas Education Agency rating of B with strong career and technology secondary offerings. Flagship high schools like Tyler Legacy offer solid college prep tracks, though performance metrics vary widely across neighborhood elementary and middle campuses.
Tyler's surface transportation framework relies on US 69, US 271, and State Highway 110 converging on downtown, bordered by Loop 323 and the outer Toll 49 bypass. Interstate 20 runs just north of the city limits, providing primary east-west logistical access to Dallas and Shreveport.
Tyler offers robust outdoor and cultural amenities, anchored by the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden, Caldwell Zoo, and Lake Tyler. The city maintains extensive greenways like the Rose Rudman Recreational Trail, complemented by public and private golf clubs and Broadway Square Mall.
Tyler maintains a well-supported rental sector driven by medical residents, nursing staff, and students attending UT Tyler and Tyler Junior College. Single-family rental absorption remains stable with median asking rents around $1,600 monthly, while short-term rental activity concentrates near medical centers and downtown event venues.
Tyler functions as the medical, educational, and economic hub for East Texas. The employment base is heavily anchored by UT Health East Texas, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, UT Tyler, and Tyler Junior College, alongside diversified manufacturing such as Trane Technologies and Brookshire Grocery Company headquarters.
Economic expansion is spearheaded by major healthcare and higher education capital outlays, notably expansions across UT Health East Texas and UT Tyler's medical school. Mixed-use commercial infill and suburban single-family developments along Loop 49 and south Broadway continue to anchor physical growth.
Municipal development focuses on revitalization of Downtown Tyler alongside annexation and master-planned residential tract approvals across southern corridors toward Whitehouse and Bullard. Capital improvement projects prioritize water infrastructure and road capacity enhancements along major secondary arterials.
Properties within Tyler fall under standard municipal, county, and Tyler Junior College taxing districts. Select modern commercial and master-planned master subdivisions also utilize Public Improvement Districts (PIDs) or adjacent Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) to fund offsite utility and road installations.
Tyler experiences property and violent crime rates slightly higher than Texas state averages, concentrated heavily in central and northern corridors, while southern neighborhoods show substantially lower incident rates. Violent offenses have exhibited modest year-over-year decreases, supported by expanded municipal police patrols and surveillance initiatives.
The primary natural hazards are severe convective storms producing hail, high winds, and occasional tornadoes, alongside localized flash flooding along tributary creeks of the Neches River basin. Wildfire risk is low to moderate across urban parcels, while insurance premiums have risen in line with statewide convective storm exposure.
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Texas) — Senior (65+) and Disabled Homestead Exemption and School Tax Ceiling: Grants an additional mandatory $10,000 exemption from ISD appraised value (Taxable Value_ISD = Appraised Value - $100,000 - $10,000) and establishes an absolute statutory tax freeze (school tax ceiling): total ISD property taxes cannot exceed the dollar ceiling established in the… State (Texas) — General Residence Homestead Exemption and 10% Valuation Growth Cap: Imposes mandatory state-level valuation deductions and growth limitations on the qualifying homestead: (1) Mandates a $100,000 deduction from appraised value for independent school district (ISD) maintenance and operations/debt taxation: Taxable Value_ISD = Appraised Value - $100… State (Texas) — Ad Valorem Real Property Taxation and Assessment Ratio: Mandates ad valorem appraisal of all real property at 100% of fair market value as of January 1 each tax year (Assessment Ratio = 1.00).
Researched annual trajectory for this city, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.6%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this city's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 4.2%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Retrieved from Census QuickFacts and ACS 5-year place-level estimates for Tyler city, Texas
Public schools whose reported address is in this area (NCES). Not attendance boundaries — schools that serve residents may sit outside it. Check the district's address locator for assignment.