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Smith County, TX

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 15 ZIP codes inside Smith County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
15
in this county
Total population
213,814
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
6
distinct city/town names
Avg density
498
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Smith County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
75703 Tyler 42,414 297
75701 Tyler 34,296 941
75702 Tyler 28,236 773
75771 Lindale 21,260 56
75762 Flint 14,609 126
75707 Tyler 14,455 107
75791 Whitehouse 14,093 138
75708 Tyler 10,419 71
75706 Tyler 10,142 52
75704 Tyler 9,575 55
75709 Tyler 4,596 85
75750 Arp 3,644 29
75792 Winona 3,134 15
75705 Tyler 2,722 41
75711 Tyler 219 4,690

About Smith County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Smith County in Texas contains roughly 15 ZIP codes spread across 6 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 213,814. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Texas index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 498, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Smith County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Smith County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.