Community Profile 2018
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COMMUNITY PROFILE 2018 www.tedc.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Attractions 3 Climate 8 Cost of Living 9 Demographics 11 Education 13 Finance 18 Government 20 Location 23 Media 24 Medical 26 Office Market 29 Real Estate 30 Retail 32 Retirement 34 Taxes 35 Technology 38 Transportation 40 Utilities 45 Workforce 47 Employment 54 2 ATTRACTIONS ANNUAL EVENTS Annual Event Occurrence TABA Home Products Show February Azalea Spring & Flower Trail March Azalea 10K, Fun Run March Art in the Park at The Goodman April Downtown Tyler Art Walk April Taste of Tyler April Cinco de Mayo May Tyler's Komen Race for the Cure May UT Tyler Patriot Golf Classic May Cattle Barons' Gala June Juneteenth Celebration June TABA Parade of Homes June Tyler Jaycee's 4th of July Celebration July East Texas State Fair September Tyler Area Chamber Golf Tournament September Downtown Tyler Film Festival October Rose Season October Texas Rose Festival October Mistletoe & Magic November Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting Ceremony December Downtown Tyler Museum Alliance Holiday December Open House Holiday in the Park December 3 ATTRACTIONS PERFORMING ARTS Performing Art Description Phone Caldwell Auditorium Hosts various performances; managed (903) 262-2300 300 South College Ave. by Tyler ISD East Texas Symphony Orchestra Offers concerts and youth concerts (903) 526-3876 107 E. Erwin St. Liberty Hall Historic theater that shows classic 103 E. Erwin St. movies, live comedy, live theater and (903) 595-7274 live music Half Mile of History Promotes and displays diverse aspects 423 West Ferguson of Tyler’s history to enhance (903) 531-1175 awareness of its importance R. Don Cowan Fine & Houses Vaughn Auditorium, Performing Arts Center Braithwaite Recital Hall, Meadows Art (903) 566-7424 3900 University Blvd. Gallery, & White Lobby Tyler Civic Chorale Provides choral music, fall and spring (903) 597-6317 230 W. Rusk concerts offered Tyler Civic Theater Center The first theatre in America designed 400 Rose Park Drive for production of theatre-in-the-round (903) 592-0561 MUSEUMS Museum6 Description Phone American Freedom Museum 15,000 sf of galleries containing over 600 1051 N. Houston St. amazing artifacts and documents from our (903) 894-5252 Bullard, TX 75757 nation’s history Carnegie History Center Housed in an old library with exhibits (903) 592-5993 125 S. College artifacts of Tyler's history Goodman-LeGrand House & Museum Texas Historic Landmark from (903) 531-1286 624 N. Broadway Ave Civil War Era Historic Aviation Memorial Museum Aviation memorabilia (903) 526-1945 2198 Dixie Drive Smith County Historical Society Museum County artifacts dating from the days of the (903) 592-5993 125 S. College American Indians to the present Tyler Museum of Art World class exhibits, gift shop, and café (903) 595-1001 1300 S. Mahon Street Tyler Rose Garden & Museum Showcasing memorabilia of the history of the 420 Rose Park Drive Tyler rose growing industry and the Rose (903) 597-3130 Festival 4 ATTRACTIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTRACTIONS Educational Attraction Description Phone Tyler Public Library 201 S. College Ave. Features 227,241 volumes (903) 593-7323 Caldwell Zoo 2203 Martin Luther King Jr. 85-acre park, over 3,000 animals (903) 593-0121 Blvd. Discovery Science Place Downtown children's math and (903) 533-8011 308 N. Broadway science museum Vaughn Conservatory Ranked 5th in the State, cultivation of (903) 510-2200 1400 E. Fifth exotic and ornamental plants The Center For Earth & Space Educational and entertaining Science Education programs to encourage an interest in, (903) 510-2312 1411 E. Lake Street and support for, science education. Camp Tyler 15143 Camp Tyler RD Offers outdoor educational programs (903) 565-4475 Whitehouse, TX 75791 Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary A rescue facility for tigers, lions, and (903) 858-1008 17552 FM 14 cougars HISTORIC SITES Historic Site Description Phone Camp Ford Historical Park Largest Confederate Prisoner of War (903) 592-5993 Hwy 271 & Loop 323 camp west of the Mississippi Cotton Belt Train Depot Restored depot, built in 1905, houses (903) 595-7232 210 E Oakwood St railroad memorabilia Dewberry Plantation Antebellum home built between 1852 (903) 825-9000 14007 FM 346 West and 1854 Bullard, TX 75757 McClendon House Victorian home built in 1878 806 W. Houston has many of its original furnishings (903) 592-3533 Camp Fannin A highly revered historical site here in 3600 Jill Circle Tyler from WW2. Extensive information (903) 592-3724 on the importance can be found at www.campfannin.com 5 ATTRACTIONS AMUSEMENTS Amusements Phone Camp Ford Historic Park (903) 592-5993 Cherokee Trace Drive Thru Safari (903) 683-3322 Green Acres Bowl (903) 561-2911 New York, Texas Zipline Adventures (903) 681-3791 Noble E. Young Skateboard Park (903) 531-1370 Rose City Flying Clays (903) 597-3345 Studio Movie Grill Tyler (903) 508-6991 The Villages Marina (903) 561-1413 The Waterpark at the Villages (903) 534-8400 RECREATION Recreation Activity Available Baseball Fields 30 Soccer Fields 15 Swimming Pools (Public) 2 Swimming Pools (Private) 2 Movie Theater Screens 33 City Parks/with Playgrounds 25/19 Resorts & Campgrounds 15 DISTRICTS Antique District - located in the heart of downtown Tyler, comprised of antique and specialty shops. Azalea District* - listed in the National Register of Historic Places - in 1960, a group of homeowners decided to open their gardens to visitors each Spring, launching the first Azalea District Brickstreet District* - listed in the National Register of Historic Places - the district is about 1/2 mile south of downtown and encompasses 29 blocks of residential, commercial, and institutional structures. Charnwood Residential Historic District* - listed in the National Register of Historic Places - encompasses 12 blocks of the late 19th and early 20th century residential development. * More information on these historic districts located at www.historictyler.org 6 ATTRACTIONS GOLF Course Type H Phone Birmingham Forest Golf Club 9 public (903) 683-9518 The Cascades Country Club 18 private (903) 525-0000 Cherokee Ranch Golf Club 18 public (903) 541-4700 Eagle's Bluff Country Club 18 private (903) 825-1123 Emerald Bay Club 18 private (903) 825-3388 Garden Valley Golf Resort 18 public (903) 882-6100 Hideaway Lake Golf Course 27 private (903) 882-8511 Hilltop Country Club 9 semi-private (903) 842-3516 Hollytree Country Club 18 private (903) 581-4952 Oak Hurst 18 public (903) 894-7079 Pine Dunes Resort 18 public (903) 876-4336 Pine Springs Golf Course 18 public (903) 526-4653 Willow Brook Country Club 18 private (903) 592-8226 CAMPING/LAKES Camping/Lake Bellwood Lake Lake Palestine Lake Tyler Lake Tyler East Tyler State Park CHURCHES Tyler has over 300 churches, synagogues, and mosques representing all major denominations. LODGING Ample lodging is available with 39 Hotels/Motels (3,044 rooms) and 5 Bed & Breakfasts (38 rooms) in the Tyler area. 7 CLIMATE One of the most attractive features of the Tyler area is the climate. Because of the consistently Month High Low mild weather and abundant amount of annual January 58° 36° rainfall, Tyler is a gardener's paradise. Perennials, bulbs, fruits and vegetables all grow as abundantly April 78° 53° as our pine trees. Spring flowers begin blooming in July 93° 71° early March and continue throughout the Summer. October 78° 55° TEMPERATURES RAINFALL Tyler's average annual rainfall is 46.7 inches and the area averages over 248 days of sunny weather annually. 8 COST OF LIVING Tyler's cost of living index at the second quarter of 2018 was TYLER MSA COMPOSITE 90.9 of 100, and has consistently been 90-96% of the national 2016 First Quarter average for the past six years. Cost of living indexes measure the relative price levels for consumer goods and services Category Index compared against the national average. The national average is Groceries 92.6 always 100. Indexes below 100 indicate lower prices (less Housing 77.7 expensive) than the national average. Utilities 107.3 For example, Tyler's grocery index is 92.6. If during the first Transportation 95.0 quarter of 2018 you bought a $100 basket of groceries in a city Health Care 95.5 with a grocery index of 100, you would pay $100, the national Miscellaneous 95.4 average, for those groceries. However, in Tyler, you would only pay $92.60 for that same basket of groceries - a savings of Total 90.9 $7.40, or 7.4%. In other words, your hard-earned dollars can buy more goods in Tyler than anywhere in the nation on average. The Council for Community and Economic Research (ACCRA) conducts a nationwide survey and calculates the cost of living index each quarter. Since the number of respondents to the survey change each quarter, it is impossible to compare a quarter with any other quarter. A decline in the composite score or any categorical score does not necessarily mean prices have dropped, though this is possible. A drop in an index could also be caused if prices are rising locally and on the national average, but the local prices are rising at a smaller pace than the national average. The cost of living index is not a measure of inflation! COST OF LIVING CITY COMPARISONS The following table compares the cost of The following table compares the cost of living index for cities the size of Tyler in living index for other U.S. cities, regardless the first quarter of 2016: of size, in the first quarter of 2016: Location Index Location Index Tyler, TX 90.9 Tyler, TX 90.9 Burlington, VT 118.6 Chicago, IL 123.2 Fargo, ND 99.2 Denver, CO 113.2 Hot Springs, AR 92.3 Fort Lauderdale, FL 119.8 Lafayette, IN 87.4 Reno, NV 111.8 Norman, OK 89.8 New York (Manhattan), NY 248.5 Pueblo, CO 93.0 San Francisco, CA 196.3 St.