2006-2007 Property Tax Rates
City of Tyler	$0.223657
Smith County	$0.268275
Tyler Junior College	$0.127169
Tyler ISD*	$1.488

*Some properties in the City of Tyler are
located in Whitehouse ISD or Chapel Hill
ISD, rather than Tyler ISD.

Smith County Tax Office: The Smith County Tax Office collects property taxes for all the taxing jurisdictions in Smith County, including the City of Tyler. The office is located at 1517 West Front Street, Tyler, Texas 75702. (Mailing address is P.O. Box 2011) You can contact the tax office by phone at 903-590-2920.  Office hours are 8:00am - 4:30pm. The office is open during lunch for your convenience.

The City of Tyler property tax rate continues to be the lowest among all Texas mid to large sized cities, according to an annual survey by the Texas Municipal League.

The 2006 survey included tax information from 636 Texas cities. The highest tax rate in the survey was $1.23 per $100 valuation charged by Anson, a city of 2,556 residents in West Texas. In comparison, Tylers property tax rate is only 22.4-cents, making it the lowest among Texas mid- and large-sized cities. Only a handful of the states smallest cities, with populations of 15,000 or less, reported having tax rates lower than Tyler's. 

Tyler's tax rate was once 53 cents and has dropped a few cents each year since 1995. The downward trend can be attributed to the City's Blueprint plan for operating municipal government more efficiently.

Mayor Joey Seeber said the City's team of hard working employees deserve all the credit.

"City of Tyler employees have worked hard over the past 10 years to give property tax relief to all of our citizens," Mayor Seeber said. "They are dedicated to the Blueprint and continuously look for new, better, more cost effective ways to operate. It is amazing what they have accomplished and we are very proud of them."

Tax Rates for Similar Sized Cities
City	Population	Tax Rate*
Amarillo	180,791	28.7
Brownsville	161,225	68.0
Pasadena	157,000	56.7
Grand Prairie	145,600	67.0
Mesquite	131,600	60.1
McAllen	120,743	42.1
Waco	118,093	70.0
Carrollton	117,823	59.9
Abilene	115,930	63.5
Wichita Falls	106,876	59.2
Denton	101,543	60.8
Tyler	101,106	22.4
Killeen	100,976	69.5
Midland	99,621	64.2
Richardson	99,263	52.5
McKinney	94,733	58.8
Odessa	93,195	67.9
Lewisville	89,142	45.1
San Angelo	88,500	85.5
College Station	80,993	43.9
Longview	75,306	48.3
Sugar Land	74,472	31.7

*Cents per $100.00 property valuation

The survey is published annually in the Texas Town and City Magazine. Click here to view the entire TML survey.

Over the last several years the City of Tyler has cut its property tax rate by more than 50 percent. Here is a look back.

Fiscal Year     Tax Rate

1994-95           $0.53360

1995-96           $0.51526

1996-97           $0.43717

1997-98           $0.39364

1998-99           $0.31141

1999-00           $0.29537

2000-01           $0.27981

2001-02           $0.261965

2002-03           $0.254478

2003-04           $0.248855

2004-05           $0.248855 

2005-06           $0.238375

2006-07           $0.2236357

Tylers sales tax is 8.25%.  That includes:

• 6.25% for the State of Texas
• 1% for the City of Tyler general fund
• 0.5% for Tyler's One Half Cent Sales Tax Corporation*
• 0.5% for Smith County

* The half-cent sales tax was approved by Tyler voters on November 7, 1995 and provides approximately $9.5 million annually for the citys capital projects. The Tyler City Council and One Half Cent Sales Tax Corporation Board of Directors determine how the tax is spent.  The half-cent sales tax has allowed the City of Tyler to pay cash for capital projects, rather than using general obligation bonds. Since 1995, half-cent sales tax projects have included drainage and street improvements, public safety improvements, construction of Faulkner Park, construction of the Glass Recreation Center, construction of the new airport terminal and more. Click here to learn more about the half-cent sales tax.