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Cities · Hidalgo County

Edinburg

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

Key numbers

  1. $3,335,342

    City sales tax allocation, latest month

    +2.6% from a year earlier

    as of October 2026

  2. $35,354,680

    City sales tax, year to date

    −2.1% from a year earlier

    as of October 2026

  3. $1,319,948

    Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month

    −10.7% from a year earlier

    as of September 2026

  4. 50

    Locations reporting alcohol sales

    as of September 2026

Every number for Edinburg

Sales tax from the state sales tax allocations; alcohol sales from the state mixed beverage tax reports. A month with no report says so.

MeasureNumberDateUpdates
Sales tax
City sales tax allocation, latest month$3,335,342as of October 2026Monthly
Change from a year earlier+2.6%as of October 2026Monthly
Year to date$35,354,680as of October 2026Monthly
Year to date, change from a year earlier−2.1%as of October 2026Monthly
Bars and restaurants
Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month$1,319,948as of September 2026Monthly
Change from a year earlier−10.7%as of September 2026Monthly
Locations reporting alcohol sales50as of September 2026Monthly

Edinburg construction

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

No commercial projects in Edinburg were filed with the state in the week of Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 30, 2026). Months of housing supply for the McAllen metro are not available. In August 2026, Edinburg issued building permits for 39 new housing units, 35 of them single family. From Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, 15 commercial projects in Edinburg were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $21,219,701.

Weekly building permits

ReadingCountFiled value
Week of Oct 26, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 30, 20260
Other permit filingsAs of September 2026496
Week of Oct 19, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 23, 20265$16,081,651
Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026431
Week of Oct 12, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 16, 20260
Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026431
Week of Oct 5, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 9, 20262$305,000
Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026431

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, McAllen metro

Housing supply figures for this metro are not available.

Figures for the whole McAllen metro area, which includes Edinburg.

Housing permits, August 2026

MeasureAugust 2026
New housing units39
Single family units35
Buildings36
Permit valuation$11,310,854

By structure type in August 2026: 35 single family, 0 in two unit buildings, 4 in three and four unit buildings and 0 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, 15 commercial projects in Edinburg were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $21,219,701. As of Nov 1, 2026.

Full data for Edinburg

  1. City construction snapshot

    Everything Frontera Signal has on Edinburg 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=EdinburgThe free sample answers GET /api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen
    $0.02per callFree sample
  2. New commercial projects

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

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

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Edinburg and its neighbors

The six nearest cities, in a straight line.

Edinburg+2.6%McAllen+10.8%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%Raymondville+15.9%Edcouch+30.6%Elsa−1.1%Granjeno−65.4%Hidalgo+16.7%La Feria+4.7%La Grulla+129.2%La Joya+21.6%La Villa+59.8%Lyford+8.9%Palm Valley+15.6%Palmhurst+4.7%Palmview+15.3%Peñitas−13.1%Progreso+16.8%Rio Hondo+33.1%San Benito+2.0%Sullivan City+38.5%Combes+23.8%Primera+3.6%Santa Rosa−0.8%Edinburg+2.6%McAllen+10.8%Mission+12.2%Pharr+5.7%San Juan+11.9%Alamo+2.4%Alton+19.5%Edcouch+30.6%Elsa−1.1%La Villa+59.8%PalmhurstPalmview
Circle size: the city’s sales tax allocation, latest monthFigure under the name: change from a year earlier
CityCountyDistanceSales tax, latest monthChangeBar sales
McAllenHidalgo8.4 mi$8,458,372+10.8%$7,059,181
San JuanHidalgo9.1 mi$663,187+11.9%$167,346
PalmhurstHidalgo9.3 mi$232,705+4.7%$32,929
AltonHidalgo9.4 mi$204,478+19.5%none reported
AlamoHidalgo10.1 mi$485,689+2.4%$35,440
ElsaHidalgo10.6 mi$145,388−1.1%$31,173

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