--- title: "San Juan construction: permits, housing supply and new projects" description: "San Juan, Texas building permits by week, McAllen months of housing supply, monthly housing permits and new commercial projects. Every figure dated." url: "https://fronterasignal.com/cities/san-juan/" lang: "en-US" --- [Cities](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/) · Hidalgo County # San Juan The numbers for San Juan: 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 San Juan 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 | ## San Juan construction Permits for the weeks of Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026 No commercial projects in San Juan 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, San Juan issued building permits for 33 new housing units, 19 of them single family. From Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026, 2 commercial projects in San Juan were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $1,400,000. ### Weekly building permits | Reading | Count | | --- | --- | | Week of Oct 26, 2026 | | | Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 30, 2026 | 0 | | Other permit filingsAs of September 2026 | 496 | | Week of Oct 19, 2026 | | | Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 23, 2026 | 0 | | Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026 | 431 | | Week of Oct 12, 2026 | | | Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | | Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026 | 431 | | Week of Oct 5, 2026 | | | Commercial projects filed with the stateAs of Oct 9, 2026 | 0 | | Housing units permitted, McAllen metroAs of August 2026 | 431 | 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 San Juan. ### Housing permits, August 2026 | Measure | August 2026 | | --- | --- | | New housing units | 33 | | Single family units | 19 | | Buildings | 26 | | Permit valuation | $5,860,264 | By structure type in August 2026: 19 single family, 14 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, 2 commercial projects in San Juan were filed with the state, with a combined filed value of $1,400,000. As of Nov 1, 2026. ### Full data for San Juan 1. City construction snapshot Everything Frontera Signal has on San Juan 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=San+Juan` 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 San Juan, newest first, with owner, design firm, filed cost, square feet and dates. `GET /api/v1/projects?city=San+Juan` 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/) ## San Juan 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Alamo](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/alamo/) | Hidalgo | 2.2 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [Pharr](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/pharr/) | Hidalgo | 2.8 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [McAllen](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/mcallen/) | Hidalgo | 6.3 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [Donna](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/donna/) | Hidalgo | 7.3 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [Hidalgo](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/hidalgo/) | Hidalgo | 8.1 mi | No report this month | no figure | none reported | | [Edinburg](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/edinburg/) | Hidalgo | 9.1 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/)