Lindale, Texas.
Typical home $292,036 (-2.1% in a year), asking rent $1,392 . Tyler, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$800 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $6,287 -2%
- $298,323$292,036 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $47,007 +19%
- $245,029$292,036 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Lindale$1,533
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Lindale, TX fell 2.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lindale, Smith County, Texas
Lindale is a city of 6,059 people in Smith County. Half its households earn more than $83,249 a year and half less, against $74,192 across Smith County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Smith County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Smith County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Lindale is a small East Texas city where most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run above the county's. Few residents live below the poverty line, and typical home values and rents sit in the middle range for a town of its size. Winters are mild and short, with the coldest weather in January, while summers are hot, especially in August, and the year brings a fair amount of rain.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in Lindale are Target, Lindale ISD and Walmart. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places, commutes are moderate in length, and a small share of people work from home.
Things to do. Tyler State Park, a protected area, and Caldwell Zoo are both a short drive away, and Lake Fork Creek, a river, is close by too. For a longer outing, Lake Palestine is a reservoir a longer drive away, good for a day on the water.
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- 2,491households
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What people in Smith County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Smith County had 115,454 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 37°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 74°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tyler Pounds Field weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lindale
- TargetDiscount department stores1,207
- Lindale ISDSchool district706FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters314
- FedExCourier and express delivery services297
- FM 2710 OpcoSkilled nursing facilities180
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter143
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers115
- Sanderson Farms Tyler HatcheryPoultry hatcheries97
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,418 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of LindaleRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of LindaleRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lindale’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Smith County and the Tyler, TX metro.
Lindale home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lindale$292,036
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Lindale listings, and the typical home goes pending in 65 days — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Lindale26.21%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Lindale65
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lindale178
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lindale30
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Lindale$317,084
- United States$370,717
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Lindale96.61%
Zip codes with a Lindale address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lindale — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.