What salary do you need to live in Tyler, TX?

Rent, home values and prices in Tyler

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Tyler, TX metro at $992 for a one-bedroom, $1,214 for a two-bedroom and $1,506 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $222 a month, and the third bedroom another $292.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Tyler, TX at $240,700. That is only 3.2× the area's median household income of $74,192, a low ratio by national standards.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 92.2 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Tyler has the buying power of roughly $108,512 at national average prices.

How much you need to earn in Tyler

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $32,000 for Tight, $63,000 for Okay and $127,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $64,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

The Royal grade is within reach at $378,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

These lines come straight from the calculator's formula: the income is raised until the two-bedroom score crosses each cutoff, then rounded up to the next $1,000.

Tyler at four common salaries

On $75,000, a one-bedroom scores 53 and a three-bedroom 47, both Okay; the extra bedrooms cost points but not a grade.

Read down the two-bedroom column and the first Comfortable row is $150,000, consistent with the $127,000 line above.

How Tyler ranks among 387 metros

Out of 387 metros, Tyler has the 238th highest price parity and the 156th highest two-bedroom rent, which puts it in the middle half on overall prices and near the middle on rent.

Merced, CA ($1,217) and Watertown-Fort Drum, NY ($1,210) bracket Tyler on two-bedroom rent.

Tyler in a Texas context

Compared with Texas as a whole, two-bedroom rent in Tyler is 13% lower ($1,214 vs. $1,395) and the median home is 15% lower ($240,700 vs. $283,800).

The Texas figure for the Comfortable line, using state medians, is $166,000 against $127,000 for Tyler.

Looking for somewhere comparable without leaving Texas? San Angelo, TX, Victoria, TX, and Sherman-Denison, TX have the closest mix of rent and overall prices.

Does the typical Tyler income clear the bar?

A household at the Tyler median income of $74,192 would see a two-bedroom score of 50 — Okay — with rent at 20% of income. Reaching Comfortable would take $52,808 more than the median household earns. Statewide, the Texas median household ($78,476) grades Tight on the state's own medians. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

Estimates use pre-tax income and public data; they are not financial advice.