THE DIFFERENCE 25 YEARS MAKES!

Since 1989 Tyler’s population went from 75,450 to 107,405, Smith County from 151,309 to 22,781 and Texas from 16,986,510 to 27,194,258.  Enrollment at Tyler Junior College in 1989 was 8,000 and now 9,973 and University of Texas at Tyler from 3,725 to 7,519.  The average car in 1989 was $12,000 and in 2014 $28,000 and a gallon of gas was $1.12 and now $3.35+/-  a gallon..  A new home average was $100,000 and now $289,500.  A gallon of milk was $2.30 and now $4.28 and a loaf of bread $0.61 to $1.98.  All of this according to Blakely Braughton writing for fall 2014 issue of TYLER TODAY.