Cities
All 47 Valley cities
Every Valley city has its own page: sales tax, bar and restaurant sales where reported, bridges where it has them, and its neighbors. By county: Hidalgo 22, Cameron 18, Starr 4, Willacy 3.
The Valley map
Each circle grows with the city's sales tax allocation; the figure under each name is the change from a year earlier.
West Starr County
Center Hidalgo County
East Cameron and Willacy Counties
Every city, by county
Hidalgo County
- Alamo$485,689+2.4%
- Alton$204,478+19.5%
- Donna$687,939+11.9%
- Edcouch$49,816+30.6%
- Edinburg$3,335,342+2.6%
- Elsa$145,388−1.1%
- Granjeno$2,891−65.4%
- Hidalgo$485,859+16.7%
- La Joya$64,611+21.6%
- La Villa$14,253+59.8%
- McAllen$8,458,372+10.8%
- Mercedes$833,072+13.2%
- Mission$2,473,272+12.2%
- Palmhurst$232,705+4.7%
- Palmview$194,787+15.3%
- Peñitas$146,641−13.1%
- Pharr$2,619,194+5.7%
- Progreso$26,190+16.8%
- Progreso Lakes$7,756−13.6%
- San Juan$663,187+11.9%
- Sullivan City$24,382+38.5%
- Weslaco$1,782,204+9.4%
Cameron County
- Bayview$4,018−11.7%
- Brownsville$4,982,955+1.2%
- Combes$45,823+23.8%
- Harlingen$2,888,576+2.6%
- La Feria$184,011+4.7%
- Laguna Vista$34,801+23.4%
- Los Fresnos$231,877+25.4%
- Los Indios$12,033+72.3%
- Olmitono report
- Palm Valley$14,710+15.6%
- Port Isabel$402,226+24.0%
- Primera$43,655+3.6%
- Rancho Viejo$16,944+15.5%
- Rio Hondo$29,301+33.1%
- San Benito$646,554+2.0%
- Santa Rosa$23,133−0.8%
- South Padre Island$617,451+15.6%
- Starbaseno report
Starr County
Each city’s sales tax allocation for the latest month and its change from a year earlier, as of October 2026.
Cities with building permit data
Weekly permits, housing supply and new commercial projects for the cities that publish them, from the same data as the weekly issue.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
McAllen
66 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 32 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
Edinburg
39 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 15 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
Mission
33 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 8 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
Pharr
23 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 7 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
San Juan
33 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 2 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
Weslaco
49 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 9 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
Donna
4 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 7 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Hidalgo County · McAllen metro
Mercedes
22 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 7 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Cameron County · Brownsville metro
Brownsville
97 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 21 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.
Cameron County · Brownsville metro
Harlingen
23 new housing units permitted in August 2026; 12 commercial projects filed with the state from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.