{
  "publisher": "Frontera Signal",
  "dataset": "cost-per-sqft",
  "query": {
    "county": "Hidalgo"
  },
  "source": "public state construction filing",
  "as_of": "2026-10-18",
  "cadence": "weekly",
  "window": {
    "registered_since": "2024-10-18",
    "months": 24
  },
  "method": "Estimated cost divided by square footage, as each owner filed them with the state. Projects without both values, or under 100 sq ft, are left out. Median and 25th/75th percentiles (linear interpolation). Groups with n under 5 report the count only.",
  "projects_used": 930,
  "groups": [
    {
      "county": "Hidalgo",
      "type_of_work": "all types",
      "n": 930,
      "registered_from": "2024-10-18",
      "registered_to": "2026-10-16",
      "source": "public state construction filing",
      "median_usd_per_sqft": 101.17,
      "p25_usd_per_sqft": 47.11,
      "p75_usd_per_sqft": 207.76,
      "median_square_feet": 5009
    },
    {
      "county": "Hidalgo",
      "type_of_work": "New Construction",
      "n": 471,
      "registered_from": "2024-10-18",
      "registered_to": "2026-10-14",
      "source": "public state construction filing",
      "median_usd_per_sqft": 121.36,
      "p25_usd_per_sqft": 61.41,
      "p75_usd_per_sqft": 229.59,
      "median_square_feet": 6000
    },
    {
      "county": "Hidalgo",
      "type_of_work": "Renovation/Alteration",
      "n": 395,
      "registered_from": "2024-10-21",
      "registered_to": "2026-10-15",
      "source": "public state construction filing",
      "median_usd_per_sqft": 84.88,
      "p25_usd_per_sqft": 37.93,
      "p75_usd_per_sqft": 172.57,
      "median_square_feet": 3900
    },
    {
      "county": "Hidalgo",
      "type_of_work": "Additions to Existing Building",
      "n": 64,
      "registered_from": "2024-10-29",
      "registered_to": "2026-10-16",
      "source": "public state construction filing",
      "median_usd_per_sqft": 100.26,
      "p25_usd_per_sqft": 7.97,
      "p75_usd_per_sqft": 242.53,
      "median_square_feet": 18000
    }
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Every value carries as_of, age_days, cadence and stale (weekly measures go stale after 14 days, monthly measures after 90). dark = the source published nothing that week; no_reading = we have no reading for it. Ranges are {low, high, unit}; approx marks a rounded reading. Not a quote, bid or appraisal. Terms: https://fronterasignal.com/terms/ Filed estimates, not bids or appraisals; a project's final cost can differ."
}