Living here
Cost of living in Tyler
Housing is cheaper than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,199/mo
11% below US
Median home value
$216,400
29% below US
Median household income
$65,527
17% below US
Rent as share of income
22%
US 21%
Home price to income
3.3×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.25%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Tyler, TX MSA (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Tyler compares
- Tyler$1,199
- Texas$1,339
- United States$1,348
- Richardson$1,825
- Plano$1,792
- McKinney$1,841
- Carrollton$1,674
- Flower Mound$2,221
- Killeen$1,147
- Georgetown$1,671
- Sugar Land$1,939
- Tyler$216,400
- Texas$260,400
- United States$303,400
- Richardson$405,600
- Plano$440,600
- McKinney$439,500
- Carrollton$353,600
- Flower Mound$514,100
- Killeen$196,000
- Georgetown$398,600
- Sugar Land$406,600
Taxes
Questions
Is Tyler expensive to live in?
Housing in Tyler is cheaper than the national average: median rent is $1,199 (11% below US) and the median home value is $216,400 (29% below US).
How much is rent in Tyler?
The median gross rent is $1,199 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $948, 1 bedroom $1,041, 2 bedrooms $1,277, 3 bedrooms $1,718, 4 bedrooms $1,855.
How much of their income do renters spend in Tyler?
At the median, a year’s rent ($14,388) equals about 22% of the median household income ($65,527); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Tyler?
Sales tax is 8.25% and property taxes run about 1.26% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - City Sales and Use Tax rates (city-rates.xlsx, updated Oct 6, 2026; cross-checked with EDI current rate file taxrates.txt, 2026 Q4).