Best PlacesTyler, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tyler, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tyler ranks 34,598th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tyler
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Tyler's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tyler ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 152 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Short commute22.7 minutes each way, better than 76% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 69% of towns
Where Tyler ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tyler
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tyler home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,032, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Tyler's effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tyler
Tyler runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tyler.
Who works in Tyler, and how
Work in Tyler centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Tyler
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tyler.
What the weather is like in Tyler, month by month
Tyler sees roughly 152 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Tyler
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 83 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tyler
Schools across Tyler average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Madill EsC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madill MsD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Madill HsD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tyler school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tyler measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Tyler against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tyler
Is Tyler a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tyler ranks 34,598th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tyler expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,328. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,032 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Tyler safe?
Tyler is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $412 per resident a year.
Compare Tyler with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tyler. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tyler represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Tyler detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tyler: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tyler: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tyler: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tyler: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tyler detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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