Cities · Cameron County
Harlingen
The numbers for Harlingen: its sales tax every month and, where bars and restaurants report, their alcohol sales. Each figure with the month it covers.
Key numbers
$2,888,576
City sales tax allocation, latest month
+2.6% from a year earlier
as of October 2026
$31,366,977
City sales tax, year to date
+3.7% from a year earlier
as of October 2026
$1,532,553
Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month
+9.0% from a year earlier
as of September 2026
59
Locations reporting alcohol sales
as of September 2026
Every number for Harlingen
Sales tax from the state sales tax allocations; alcohol sales from the state mixed beverage tax reports. A month with no report says so.
| Measure | Number | Date | Updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales tax | |||
| City sales tax allocation, latest month | $2,888,576 | as of October 2026 | Monthly |
| Change from a year earlier | +2.6% | as of October 2026 | Monthly |
| Year to date | $31,366,977 | as of October 2026 | Monthly |
| Year to date, change from a year earlier | +3.7% | as of October 2026 | Monthly |
| Bars and restaurants | |||
| Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month | $1,532,553 | as of September 2026 | Monthly |
| Change from a year earlier | +9.0% | as of September 2026 | Monthly |
| Locations reporting alcohol sales | 59 | as of September 2026 | Monthly |
Harlingen construction
Permits for the weeks of Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026
No commercial projects in Harlingen were filed with the state in the week of Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 30, 2026). Months of housing supply for the Brownsville metro are not available. In August 2026, Harlingen issued building permits for 23 new housing units, 17 of them single family. From Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, 12 commercial projects in Harlingen were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $46,974,500.
Weekly building permits
| Reading | Count | Filed value |
|---|---|---|
| Week of Oct 26, 2026 | ||
| Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 30, 2026 | 0 | |
| Other permit filingsAs of September 2026 | 32 | $6,603,011 |
| Other permit filingsAs of September 2026 | 233 | |
| Week of Oct 19, 2026 | ||
| Single family permitsAs of Oct 23, 2026 | Not available | |
| Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 23, 2026 | 2 | $27,474,500 |
| Housing units permitted, Brownsville metroAs of Oct 25, 2026 | Not available | |
| Week of Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| Single family permitsAs of Oct 16, 2026 | Not available | |
| Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 12, 2026 | 1 | $13,000,000 |
| Housing units permitted, Brownsville metroAs of Oct 18, 2026 | Not available | |
| Week of Oct 5, 2026 | ||
| Single family permitsAs of Oct 9, 2026 | Not available | |
| Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 9, 2026 | 2 | $550,000 |
| Housing units permitted, Brownsville metroAs of Oct 11, 2026 | Not 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 Harlingen.
Housing permits, August 2026
| Measure | August 2026 |
|---|---|
| New housing units | 23 |
| Single family units | 17 |
| Buildings | 20 |
| Permit valuation | $3,815,448 |
By structure type in August 2026: 17 single family, 6 in two unit buildings, 0 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, 12 commercial projects in Harlingen were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $46,974,500. As of Nov 1, 2026.
Full data for Harlingen
- City construction snapshot
Everything Frontera Signal has on Harlingen 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=HarlingenThe free sample answersGET /api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen - New commercial projects
Every filed project in Harlingen, newest first, with owner, design firm, filed cost, square feet and dates.
GET /api/v1/projects?city=HarlingenThe free sample answersGET /api/v1/projects?city=McAllen&limit=5
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Harlingen and its neighbors
The six nearest cities, in a straight line.
| City | County | Distance | Sales tax, latest month | Change | Bar sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combes | Cameron | 3.3 mi | $45,823 | +23.8% | none reported |
| Palm Valley | Cameron | 3.6 mi | $14,710 | +15.6% | none reported |
| Primera | Cameron | 4.0 mi | $43,655 | +3.6% | none reported |
| San Benito | Cameron | 5.4 mi | $646,554 | +2.0% | $120,151 |
| Rio Hondo | Cameron | 7.8 mi | $29,301 | +33.1% | none reported |
| La Feria | Cameron | 8.3 mi | $184,011 | +4.7% | $41,909 |
The six Valley industries
- Construction and Housing733Housing units permitted, Valley, latest month, as of September 2026
- Produce and Cold Chain55,269Trucks through Hidalgo and Pharr, latest month, as of September 2026
- Freight and Customs87,393Trucks across Valley ports, latest month, as of September 2026
- Retail and Auto$34,048,982Valley city sales tax allocations, latest month, as of October 2026
- Health Care122Certified home health agencies, as of Oct 21, 2026
- Restaurants and Bars$18,947,053Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month, as of September 2026