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Business numbers for the Rio Grande Valley

Cities · Hidalgo County

Mission

The numbers for Mission: 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. $2,473,272

    City sales tax allocation, latest month

    +12.2% from a year earlier

    as of October 2026

  2. $25,430,848

    City sales tax, year to date

    +4.9% from a year earlier

    as of October 2026

  3. $462,263

    Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month

    −4.2% from a year earlier

    as of September 2026

  4. 37

    Locations reporting alcohol sales

    as of September 2026

Every number for Mission

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$2,473,272as of October 2026Monthly
Change from a year earlier+12.2%as of October 2026Monthly
Year to date$25,430,848as of October 2026Monthly
Year to date, change from a year earlier+4.9%as of October 2026Monthly
Bars and restaurants
Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month$462,263as of September 2026Monthly
Change from a year earlier−4.2%as of September 2026Monthly
Locations reporting alcohol sales37as of September 2026Monthly
Anzalduas international bridge
Commercial lanes, status nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Commercial wait nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Car wait now50 minas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmEvery 15 minutes
Pedestrian wait nowNot reporting nowno reading yetEvery 15 minutes
Hours6 am to 10 pmas of Nov 7, 2026, 7:00 pmQuarterly
Hidalgo port (Hidalgo, Pharr and Anzalduas): crossings, latest month
Trucks55,269as of September 2026Monthly
Trucks, change from a year earlier−9.9%as of September 2026Monthly
Personal vehicles383,736as of September 2026Monthly
Personal vehicles, change from a year earlier+10.3%as of September 2026Monthly
PedestriansNo report this monthno reading yetMonthly

Mission construction

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

In the week of Oct 26, 2026, 1 commercial project in Mission was filed with the state, with a filed value of $3,500,000 (data as of Oct 28, 2026). Months of housing supply for the McAllen metro are not available. In August 2026, Mission issued building permits for 33 new housing units, all single family. From Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, 8 commercial projects in Mission were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $16,645,966.

Weekly building permits

ReadingCountFiled value
Week of Oct 26, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 28, 20261$3,500,000
Other permit filingsAs of September 2026496
Week of Oct 19, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 23, 20260
Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026431
Week of Oct 12, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 16, 20261$1,645,000
Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026431
Week of Oct 5, 2026
Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 9, 20261$2,237,966
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 Mission.

Housing permits, August 2026

MeasureAugust 2026
New housing units33
Single family units33
Buildings33
Permit valuation$6,553,200

By structure type in August 2026: 33 single family, 0 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, 8 commercial projects in Mission were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $16,645,966. As of Nov 1, 2026.

Full data for Mission

  1. City construction snapshot

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

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

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

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Mission and its neighbors

The six nearest cities, in a straight line.

Río GrandeMission+12.2%McAllen+10.8%Edinburg+2.6%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%Rio Grande City+11.1%Raymondville+15.9%Edcouch+30.6%Elsa−1.1%Escobares+30.7%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%Progreso Lakes−13.6%Sullivan City+38.5%Combes+23.8%Los Indios+72.3%Primera+3.6%Santa Rosa−0.8%Mission+12.2%McAllen+10.8%Edinburg+2.6%Pharr+5.7%San Juan+11.9%Alamo+2.4%Alton+19.5%Granjeno−65.4%Hidalgo+16.7%La Joya+21.6%PalmhurstPalmviewPeñitas−13.1%Sullivan City+38.5%
Circle size: the city’s sales tax allocation, latest monthFigure under the name: change from a year earlier
CityCountyDistanceSales tax, latest monthChangeBar sales
PalmviewHidalgo4.0 mi$194,787+15.3%$63,621
PalmhurstHidalgo4.2 mi$232,705+4.7%$32,929
GranjenoHidalgo4.8 mi$2,891−65.4%none reported
McAllenHidalgo5.1 mi$8,458,372+10.8%$7,059,181
AltonHidalgo5.9 mi$204,478+19.5%none reported
PeñitasHidalgo8.0 mi$146,641−13.1%none reported

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