Texas

Distance from Allen to Tyler

Straight-line distance

96.5mi

Allen, TX and Tyler, TX are 96.5 miles (155.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Allen, the shortest path starts out heading SE (124°).

kilometers
155.3
nautical miles
83.9
heading from Allen
124° SE
heading from Tyler
305° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Allen is from Tyler

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Allen and Tyler is 96.5 miles, 155.3 km or 83.9 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 96.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
96.5
Kilometers
155.3
Nautical miles
83.9
Bearing from Allen
124.2° SE
Bearing arriving at Tyler
124.9°
Bearing from Tyler
304.9° NW

Halfway between Allen and Tyler

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.715354, -95.986414 (32°42'55.27"N 95°59'11.09"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Wills Point, TX, with 4,050 residents, 1.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Allen gets 14 h 21 min of daylight and Tyler 14 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 10 h 02 min. Allen is 0.79° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Allen has 1.0 times the population of Tyler. From July 2020 to July 2024, Allen changed by +7.8% and Tyler by +5.6%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Allen, TX113,746 (+7.8%)
  2. 02Tyler, TX112,219 (+5.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Allen from Tyler?

96.5 miles, 155.3 km or 83.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tyler from Allen?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Allen on a bearing of 124.2° and arrives at Tyler on 124.9°. The return trip starts on 304.9°.

What is halfway between Allen and Tyler?

The midpoint is at 32.715354, -95.986414. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Wills Point, TX, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Allen and Tyler?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Allen or Tyler?

Allen, with 113,746 residents in July 2024 against 112,219 for Tyler, 1.0 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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