Tyler County, Texas · Woodville
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Pipes freeze in Tyler County on about 1 night a year, mostly midwinter. Older homes, 13% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 18.5 times a year here, most often in May. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
Sewage backups in Tyler County spike on heavy-rain days, about 18.5 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
10% of occupied homes in Tyler County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Texas county median of 6.5%.
With 145 muggy nights a year, mold in Tyler County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
Tyler County covers 924 square miles of eastern Texas, with about 20,238 residents and 9,518 homes. Woodville is the county seat; Ivanhoe, Warren and Colmesneil are the next largest communities. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1985.
49/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Tyler County ranks 135 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Tyler County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Winters here are on the gentler end for Texas, and pipes still freeze. It averaged 16 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 1 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 232 Texas counties that's 159th.
Hard freezes are uncommon here, about 16 nights a year at or below 32°F, and that's exactly why they do damage: pipes in attics, exterior walls and slab-edge plumbing are rarely insulated. The coldest night in the record was about 8°F on February 16, 2021.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Texas. Of roughly 63.2 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 18.5 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 3rd of 232. January, April and May see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 7.21 inches, March 10, 2016. The worst three-day stretch dropped 16.6 inches, ending August 30, 2017, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
Housing
Roughly 42% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Tyler near the middle of Texas's 232 counties.
Older and newer homes sit side by side here: 13% predate 1960 and 27% are from 2000 or later. Corroded pipe is the typical failure in the first group, burst supply hoses in the second.
32% date from 1980 to 1999, the window when polybutylene, a gray flexible plastic supply pipe, was used in some homes. It's prone to leaks at the fittings, so it's worth checking for in a house from those years.
20% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, above the Texas county median of 13.4%. Their water lines run under the floor behind the skirting, so a torn skirt or failed heat tape freezes them faster than lines in a site-built house.
The Census counted 25% of homes as vacant, above the Texas county median of 16.6%. Empty houses are where a small leak turns into a large claim, because nobody is there to hear it.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 145 times a year here, above the Texas county median of 129. Mold grows when indoor humidity stays above about 60%, the EPA's ceiling. A basement dehumidifier set to 50% and drying anything wet within 24 to 48 hours prevents most problems.
Mold remediation: what to expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Tyler County it's 9% utility gas, 81% electric, 7% propane and 3% wood. Wood heat is above the Texas norm. Annual chimney and vent inspection, which the NFPA recommends, is one of the most effective fire-prevention habits for these homes.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Tyler gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Its housing is the oldest in the area by share of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Tyler | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 13% | 20% | 171 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 42% | 46% | 143 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 27% | 26% | 114 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 20% | 13% | 47 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 25% | 17% | 50 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 9.6% | 6.5% | 72 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 1/yr | 3/yr | 159 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 19/yr | 7.8/yr | 3 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 16/yr | 27/yr | 165 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 145/yr | 129/yr | 73 of 232 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Texas county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Tyler County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in January, April and May.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024); weather from NOAA nClimGrid-Daily county averages (EpiNOAA), 2015–2024, averaged across the county; county boundaries from Census TIGER. Reviewed 2026-10-21. Methodology