--- title: "Harlingen construction: permits, housing supply and new projects" description: "Harlingen, Texas building permits by week, Brownsville months of housing supply, monthly housing permits and new commercial projects. Every figure dated." url: "https://fronterasignal.com/cities/harlingen/" lang: "en-US" --- [Cities](https://fronterasignal.com/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 1. No report this month City sales tax allocation, latest month from a year earlier dated 2. No report this month City sales tax, year to date from a year earlier dated 3. No report this month Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month from a year earlier dated 4. No report this month Locations reporting alcohol sales dated ## 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 | No report this month | no reading yet | Monthly | | Change from a year earlier | No report this month | no reading yet | Monthly | | Year to date | No report this month | no reading yet | Monthly | | Year to date, change from a year earlier | No report this month | no reading yet | Monthly | | Bars and restaurants | | | | | Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month | No report this month | no reading yet | Monthly | | Change from a year earlier | No report this month | no reading yet | Monthly | | Locations reporting alcohol sales | No report this month | no reading yet | 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 1. 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=Harlingen` The free sample answers `GET /api/v1/snapshot?city=McAllen` $0.02 per call [Free sample](https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/snapshot.json) 2. 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=Harlingen` The free sample answers `GET /api/v1/projects?city=McAllen&limit=5` $0.03 per call [Free sample](https://fronterasignal.com/data/v1/samples/projects.json) Paid per call in USDC over x402, with no account or key. [How it works: Data and API](https://fronterasignal.com/data/) ## Harlingen and its neighbors The six nearest cities, in a straight line. Circle size: the city’s sales tax allocation, latest month Figure under the name: change from a year earlier | City | County | Distance | Sales tax, latest month | Change | Bar sales | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Combes](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/combes/) | Cameron | 3.3 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [Palm Valley](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/palm-valley/) | Cameron | 3.6 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [Primera](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/primera/) | Cameron | 4.0 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [San Benito](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/san-benito/) | Cameron | 5.4 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [Rio Hondo](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/rio-hondo/) | Cameron | 7.8 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [La Feria](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/la-feria/) | Cameron | 8.3 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | [All 47 Valley cities](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/) ## The six Valley industries - [Construction and Housing Updating Housing units permitted, Valley, latest month, dated](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/construction/) - [Produce and Cold Chain Updating Trucks through Hidalgo and Pharr, latest month, dated](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/produce/) - [Freight and Customs Updating Trucks across Valley ports, latest month, dated](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/freight/) - [Retail and Auto Updating Valley city sales tax allocations, latest month, dated](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/retail/) - [Health Care Updating Certified home health agencies, dated](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/health/) - [Restaurants and Bars Updating Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month, dated](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/restaurants/)