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Tyler, TX
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Tyler profile


Living in Tyler


Tyler is a relatively large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 112,219 people and 40 associated neighborhoods, Tyler is the 38th largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that Tyler has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Tyler telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.88% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Tyler is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Tyler a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Tyler is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

The overall education level of Tyler citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.43% of adults in Tyler have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Tyler in 2022 was $34,724, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,896 for a family of four. However, Tyler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tyler is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tyler home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tyler residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tyler also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.65% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tyler include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Tyler is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.