Tyler, TX

Tyler Metro Area industry wages have increased by 19.9% percent since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in the Tyler Metro Area by a total of 19.9%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Texas and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Tyler Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind Texas, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The average total wages in all industries in Tyler, TX can be described as medium-high when analyzed with other Metro Areas in the United States. The overall wages are 14 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $41,186. The average industry wage was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Tyler Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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The Tyler Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for air transportation industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 79.5 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Texas, where the it saw a gain of 18.2 percent. The losses in the Support activities for air transportation industry in Tyler outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 8.4 percent in terms of employment in the Support activities for air transportation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for air transportation (79.5 percent decline)
2. Activities related to real estate (74.3 percent decline)
3. Insurance carriers (67 percent decline)
4. Business, computer and management training (66 percent decline)
5. Vending machine operators (52.7 percent decline)

The Tyler Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 1542.1 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Tyler has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where this industry saw a gain of 222.1 percent. The Unclassified industry in Tyler outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 1.7 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (1542.1 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (277.0 percent gain)
3. Remediation and other waste services (213.3 percent gain)
4. Furniture stores (139.0 percent gain)
5. Professional and similar organizations (126.4 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 9.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Texas, which saw a gain of 4.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Tyler Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 1,107 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 11.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Tyler.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (1,107 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (903 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (782 new jobs)
4. General medical and surgical hospitals (767 new jobs)
5. Employment services (638 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Tyler Metro Area

The HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,333 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment industry make up 32.1 percent of the employment lost during the period in Tyler, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (1,333 jobs lost)
2. Activities related to real estate (404 jobs lost)
3. Insurance carriers (333 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (181 jobs lost)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (179 jobs lost)

In the Tyler, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 6,882 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Given the 131 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 62 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 68 industries reported a drop in employment.

Tyler One-Year Industry Employment Change

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Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Tyler Metro Area

The Support activities for mining industry has grown the most with 886 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 20.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Tyler.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (886 new jobs)
2. Home health care services (378 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (377 new jobs)
4. Employment services (349 new jobs)
5. Other general merchandise stores (308 new jobs)

In the Tyler, TX metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 2,147 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 149 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 61 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 87 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Tyler Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 512 jobs. The declines in the Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry make up 21.8 percent of the total employment decline in Tyler, TX.

Top 5 Industries
1. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (512 jobs lost)
2. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (248 jobs lost)
3. Residential mental health facilities (193 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (137 jobs lost)
5. Wired telecommunications carriers (89 jobs lost)

The Tyler Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Support activities for mining industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 176.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Tyler has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Texas, where it saw a gain of 17.3 percent. The Support activities for mining industry in Tyler outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 17.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (176.1 percent gain)
2. Chemical merchant wholesalers (169.8 percent gain)
3. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (72.4 percent gain)
4. Waste collection (67.9 percent gain)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (64.8 percent gain)

The Tyler Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 74.8 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Texas, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 10.3 percent. The losses in the Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry in Tyler outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 4.4 in percent of jobs in the Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (74.8 percent decline)
2. Support activities for animal production (50 percent decline)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (41.4 percent decline)
4. General rental centers (37.6 percent decline)
5. Remediation and other waste services (34.5 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of Texas, which experienced a gain of 4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Tyler, TX

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When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Tyler metro area had a medium-low median income for all households of $43,463 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 7.5 percent lower than the median income in State of Texas of $46,715 and this is 13 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $37,964, which represents a 12.7 percent decline. The Tyler, TX MSA, when analyzing percentage of decline, ranks 5 of 22 metro area in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Texas. Tyler ranks 47 of 233 metro area when comparing total percent of decline in median income level for the United States.

While the median household income saw a decline in the last five year in the Tyler, TX metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 40 percent in the last five years. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Tyler, experiencing a 133.6 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

The poverty rate in the Tyler, TX Metro has increased by 2.9 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 13.8 percent to 16.7 percent.

When compared to other Metro Areas across the United States, the Tyler metro area may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 28.3 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Tyler, with 22.5 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $60,798. This household income level is 39.9 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Tyler had a median income of $38,158, which was 12.2 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Tyler, TX White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $48,117 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 10.7 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 31.2 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $29,898. Hispanic headed households in Tyler, TX recorded a median income of $33,269, this income level is 23.5 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in the Tyler, TX Metro Area

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In the Tyler, TX Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 25.4 percent of the White Alone, 13.8 percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and 4.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Tyler, TX Metro Area has a moderately-educated working age population, with 22.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2005 American Community Survey. The Tyler MSA is reported having a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 27.2 percent.

From 2000, the Tyler metro area has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 0.2 percent to a total of 22.4 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 1.2 percent. As reported in 2005, 24.8 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has increased by a total of 0.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 20.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

The American Community Survey reported that in the Tyler, TX Metro Area, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Tyler metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 24.8 percent (Men) versus 20.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Tyler, TX

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When measuring the total land area, the Tyler metro area spans a total of 928 square miles. This area has a medium-high average area density of 205 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Birmingham-Hoover (206 per sq. mile ), Goldsboro (207 per sq. mile ), Dalton (208 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Binghamton (203 per sq. mile ), Auburn-Opelika (202 per sq. mile ), Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach (200 per sq. mile ).

From 2000, a high amount of people have migrated into the Tyler metro area, with 3,100 people migrating in internationally. The migration from outside the US into Tyler accounts for 0.5 percent of the total migration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

In the year 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in the Tyler metro area to be 35.4 years old. The median in Tyler is greater than the median age in the State of Texas of 33.2. From 2000, the area has seen a decline in the median age, at that time the median was 35.5 years old. With 19.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Tyler can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61.6 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 13.4 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other metro areas in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

The Tyler metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is comprised of 65.1 percent White, 18.4 percent African American, 0.9 percent Asian, and 14.3 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of diversity, with 33.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Tyler has increased the percent of minority makeup when 31.0 percent of the population were minorities.

The Tyler metro area had a total estimated population of 190,594 in the year 2005. The population has increased sharply, since the population in 2000 of 175,442. This growth represents an increase of 8.6 percent. Tyler ranks 10 of 25 MSAs when analyzing total population change in Texas and the metro area ranks 134 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Tyler

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In Tyler, the real estate market was made up of 75,779 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding all together 2,925 homes since 2001, or 4 percent.

The residential housing values in Tyler, Texas have experienced moderate increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $16,400, or 19.9 percent, since 2000 when their medians were reported to be $82,600.

Tyler had a median home value in the year 2005 of $99,000, reported by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the overall State of Texas 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $106,000 and less than home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

Tyler can be understood as having a medium percentage of high-priced residential real estate. For the year 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 2 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Throughout the State of Texas, Tyler is positioned 14 of the 25 metro areas by percent in growth of new residential structures. The metropolitan area places 240 of 361, compared to percent change of residential structures in other metropolitan areas throughout the United States.

It can be understood that there is a large amount affordable residential real estate in Tyler, Texas. In 2005, 62.1 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Tyler, Texas -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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In Tyler, Mining, Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining sector has a United State LQ of 2.27. The percent of employment in the Mining industry is 2.27 times greater than the national average, signifying that Tyler may specialize, or be an exporter of Mining.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employees per establishment in Tyler MSA, with the industry averaging 41 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and greater than the State of Texas typical size of 38 for the Manufacturing industry.

Transportation and Warehousing is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Tyler, growing in new jobs by 103.9 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of -1 percent. The State of Texas encountered a change in industry employment of 1.4 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

An industry with high wages in Tyler is the mining industry with an average annual wage of $63,081. Locally, since the year 2001, the annual average wages in the industry have grown by 1 percent or $619. The State of Texas holds the same pattern in the mining industry, ranking at the top of industries in terms of 2004 annual average wages.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in the Tyler Metro Area. The industry lost a total of 1,545 employees during the period, or 14.2 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 43.5 percent of all Metro Area employment losses since 2001.

In Tyler, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Health care and social assistance provides the most jobs and contributes 21.6 percent of total employment in the Metro Area, making up 16,639 individuals. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing industries make up 16.2 and 12.1 percent of total employment, respectively.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).