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Brownsville

The numbers for Brownsville: its sales tax every month and, where bars and restaurants report, their alcohol sales, plus its bridges. Each figure with the month it covers.

Key numbers

  1. $4,982,955

    City sales tax allocation, latest month

    +1.2% from a year earlier

    as of October 2026

  2. $54,702,515

    City sales tax, year to date

    +4.7% from a year earlier

    as of October 2026

  3. $2,968,339

    Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month

    +10.0% from a year earlier

    as of September 2026

  4. 137

    Locations reporting alcohol sales

    as of September 2026

Every number for Brownsville

Sales tax from the state sales tax allocations; alcohol sales from the state mixed beverage tax reports; official bridge wait times every 15 minutes and federal border crossing counts for the latest month. A month with no report says so.

MeasureNumberDateUpdates
Sales tax
City sales tax allocation, latest month$4,982,955as of October 2026Monthly
Change from a year earlier+1.2%as of October 2026Monthly
Year to date$54,702,515as of October 2026Monthly
Year to date, change from a year earlier+4.7%as of October 2026Monthly
Bars and restaurants
Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month$2,968,339as of September 2026Monthly
Change from a year earlier+10.0%as of September 2026Monthly
Locations reporting alcohol sales137as of September 2026Monthly
Brownsville B&M international bridge
Commercial lanes, status nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Commercial wait nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Car wait now75 minas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
Pedestrian wait now1 minas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
HoursOpen 24 hoursas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmQuarterly
Brownsville Gateway international bridge
Commercial lanes, status nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Commercial wait nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Car wait now90 minas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
Pedestrian wait now2 minas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
HoursOpen 24 hoursas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmQuarterly
Brownsville Veterans international bridge
Commercial lanes, status nowLanes closedas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
Commercial wait nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Car wait now90 minas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
Pedestrian wait now0 minas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
Hours6 am to midnightas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmQuarterly
Brownsville port (with Los Indios): crossings, latest month
Trucks20,963as of September 2026Monthly
Trucks, change from a year earlier−31.1%as of September 2026Monthly
Personal vehicles411,736as of September 2026Monthly
Personal vehicles, change from a year earlier+4.8%as of September 2026Monthly
Pedestrians217,965as of September 2026Monthly

Brownsville construction

Permits for the weeks of Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026

No commercial projects in Brownsville were filed with the state in the week of Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 30, 2026). Brownsville did not publish a single family permit count for the week of Oct 26, 2026, so that figure is not available (as of Oct 30, 2026). Months of housing supply for the Brownsville metro are not available. In August 2026, Brownsville issued building permits for 97 new housing units, 62 of them single family. From Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, 21 commercial projects in Brownsville were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $89,119,934.

Weekly building permits

ReadingCountFiled value
Week of Oct 26, 2026
Single family permitsAs of Oct 30, 2026Not available
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 30, 20260
Other permit filingsAs of September 2026233
Week of Oct 19, 2026
Single family permitsAs of Oct 23, 2026Not available
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 19, 20261$650,000
Other permit filingsAs of Oct 20, 20261$1,322,190
Housing units permitted, Brownsville metroAs of Oct 25, 2026Not available
Week of Oct 12, 2026
Single family permitsAs of Oct 16, 2026Not available
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 16, 20261$250,000
Housing units permitted, Brownsville metroAs of Oct 18, 2026Not available
Week of Oct 5, 2026
Single family permitsAs of Oct 9, 2026Not available
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 9, 20263$13,100,000
Housing units permitted, Brownsville metroAs of Oct 11, 2026Not available

Not available: no figure was published for that week. Counts are what each city or the state made public, and not every city reports every kind of permit. The full history is GET /api/v1/series/permits-weekly, $0.05 per call.

Housing supply, Brownsville metro

Housing supply figures for this metro are not available.

Figures for the whole Brownsville metro area, which includes Brownsville.

Housing permits, August 2026

MeasureAugust 2026
New housing units97
Single family units62
Buildings63
Permit valuation$12,717,512

By structure type in August 2026: 62 single family, 0 in two unit buildings, 0 in three and four unit buildings and 35 in buildings of five or more. Earlier months are GET /api/v1/series/permits-monthly, $0.05 per call.

New commercial projects, last 90 days

From Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, 21 commercial projects in Brownsville were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $89,119,934. As of Nov 1, 2026.

Full data for Brownsville

  1. City construction snapshot

    Everything Frontera Signal has on Brownsville in one dated JSON answer: permits, housing permits by structure type, sales tax receipts, housing supply, material prices, labor and the newest commercial projects.

    GET /api/v1/snapshot?city=BrownsvilleThe free sample answers GET /api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen
    $0.02per callFree sample
  2. New commercial projects

    Every filed project in Brownsville, newest first, with owner, design firm, filed cost, square feet and dates.

    GET /api/v1/projects?city=BrownsvilleThe free sample answers GET /api/v1/projects?city=McAllen&limit=5
    $0.03per callFree sample

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Brownsville and its neighbors

The six nearest cities, in a straight line.

Río GrandeBrownsville+1.2%McAllen+10.8%Edinburg+2.6%Mission+12.2%Pharr+5.7%San Juan+11.9%Alamo+2.4%Donna+11.9%Weslaco+9.4%Mercedes+13.2%Alton+19.5%Harlingen+2.6%Edcouch+30.6%Elsa−1.1%Granjeno−65.4%Hidalgo+16.7%La Feria+4.7%La Villa+59.8%Los Fresnos+25.4%Palm Valley+15.6%Port Isabel+24.0%Progreso+16.8%Progreso Lakes−13.6%Rio Hondo+33.1%San Benito+2.0%StarbaseBayview−11.7%Combes+23.8%Laguna Vista+23.4%Los Indios+72.3%OlmitoPrimera+3.6%Rancho Viejo+15.5%Santa RosaSouth Padre Island+15.6%Brownsville+1.2%Harlingen+2.6%Los Fresnos+25.4%Port Isabel+24.0%San Benito+2.0%Bayview−11.7%Laguna Vista+23.4%OlmitoRancho Viejo+15.5%
Circle size: the city’s sales tax allocation, latest monthFigure under the name: change from a year earlier
CityCountyDistanceSales tax, latest monthChangeBar sales
Los FresnosCameron5.9 mi$231,877+25.4%$27,163
OlmitoCameron6.0 miNo report this monthno figure$61,131
Rancho ViejoCameron7.1 mi$16,944+15.5%$61,036
BayviewCameron10.1 mi$4,018−11.7%none reported
Laguna VistaCameron12.2 mi$34,801+23.4%$55,473
Port IsabelCameron13.5 mi$402,226+24.0%$180,175

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