LOCATION

REGIONAL HUB

Tyler, Texas is considered the advanced manufacturing, health care, educational, and retail center of East Texas. We offer companies a quality, centrally located, middle market location with many of the advantages of a major market. The economy is diverse and the area offers abundant and low cost labor, land, and buildings. Tyler is part of the Tyler MSA which includes all of Smith County, Texas.

Tyler/Smith County is strategically positioned just 90 miles east of Dallas/Fort Worth, 90 miles west of Shreveport, LA, and less than 200 miles north of Houston. Both Shreveport and Houston have international shipping facilities.

Tyler has excellent interstate and U.S. Highway systems with I-20, U.S. 271, and U.S. 69, and four major state highways that provide efficient and economical transportation to all destinations.

DISTANCE TO MAJOR CITIES

CITY DISTANCE FROM TYLER 2006 POPULATION* Austin, TX 225 708,893 Dallas, TX 90 1,232,940 Houston, TX 199 2,144,491 Little Rock, AR 240 184,422 New Orleans, LA 432 223,388 Oklahoma City, OK 250 537,734 San Antonio, TX 300 1,296,682 Shreveport, LA 90 200,199 *SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau