--- title: "Frontera Signal · Rio Grande Valley business data and news" description: "Dated market numbers for the Rio Grande Valley: construction and housing, produce, freight and the bridges, retail, health care, restaurants. Free weekly…" url: "https://fronterasignal.com/" lang: "en-US" --- ## The Valley today One figure from each industry, each with its date. Choose an industry for all of its numbers. 1. [Construction and Housing](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/construction/) Updating Housing units permitted in the Valley, latest month no change published from a year earlier dated 2. [Produce and Cold Chain](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/produce/) No reading now Truck wait at the Pharr bridge right now dated 3. [Freight and Customs](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/freight/) Updating Trucks across Valley ports, latest month no change published from a year earlier dated 4. [Retail and Auto](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/retail/) Updating City sales tax allocations, Valley total, latest month no change published from a year earlier dated 5. [Health Care](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/health/) Updating Average quality rating of home health agencies no change published certified agencies dated 6. [Restaurants and Bars](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/restaurants/) Updating Bar and restaurant alcohol sales, latest month no change published from a year earlier dated Analysis · Nov 3, 2026 ## [Rio Grande Valley Building Material Prices: October 2026](https://fronterasignal.com/blog/building-material-prices-rio-grande-valley/) Valley big box shelf prices as of Oct 29, 2026: 2x4 stud $3.98, OSB $14.51 a sheet, #3 rebar $7.38, drywall $14.98. OSB rose 7.6% by mid October. ## Latest [All stories](https://fronterasignal.com/blog/) - ### [Valley new business permits outpaced Texas in September 2026](https://fronterasignal.com/blog/valley-new-business-permits-september-2026/) 797 places of business in Hidalgo, Cameron, Starr and Willacy counties got a state sales tax permit in September 2026, twice the September 2025 count. Texas rose 78%. Oct 28, 2026 · [En español](https://fronterasignal.com/es/blog/permisos-negocios-nuevos-valle-septiembre-2026/) - ### [Home health agency ratings in the Rio Grande Valley, city by city](https://fronterasignal.com/blog/home-health-agency-ratings-rio-grande-valley/) As of Oct 21, 2026, the Valley's 74 rated home health agencies average 2.33 of 5 federal quality stars, and just 7 of them hold 4 stars or higher. Oct 26, 2026 · [En español](https://fronterasignal.com/es/blog/calificaciones-agencias-salud-en-casa-valle/) - ### [Pharr bridge wait time for commercial trucks and Valley truck counts](https://fronterasignal.com/blog/pharr-bridge-commercial-wait-times/) Commercial trucks waited 10 minutes at the Pharr bridge on Oct 26, 2026. Valley ports moved 87,393 trucks in September 2026, 16.2% fewer than a year earlier. Oct 26, 2026 · [En español](https://fronterasignal.com/es/blog/tiempo-de-espera-puente-pharr-camiones/) - Weekly issue No. 7 · week 44 ### [Mortgage rate falls to 7.24%, with one new commercial filing at $3.5 million](https://fronterasignal.com/issues/2026-w44/) The 30 year rate fell to 7.24% from 7.32%. The only new commercial registration is a $3.5 million shell in Mission. Nov 1, 2026 · [Past issues](https://fronterasignal.com/archive/) ## Reports Paid reports from the Valley’s public records. Each one has a free sample. - [New Business Leads](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#new-business-leads) $29 a month Monthly - [Mexican Shopper Index](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#mexican-shopper-index) $19 a month Monthly - [Bar and Restaurant Sales Ranking](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#bar-restaurant-sales) $19 a month Monthly - [Bridge and Lane Monitor](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#bridge-lane-monitor) $29 a month Weekly - [Home Health Agency Scorecard](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#home-health-scorecard) $149 one time Quarterly directory - [All Access](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/#all-access) $79 a month Monthly [See the reports and their samples](https://fronterasignal.com/reports/) ### For AI agents The same data through an API paid by the call, from $0.01, in USDC over x402. No account or key. [Data & API](https://fronterasignal.com/data/) ## Your city [All 47 cities](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/) All 47 Valley cities, from Roma to South Padre Island. Each city has its own page with its sales tax, its bars and restaurants, its bridges and its neighbors. **West** Starr County **Center** Hidalgo County **East** Cameron and Willacy Counties Circle size: the city’s sales tax allocation, latest month Figure under the name: change from a year earlier ### Hidalgo County - [Alamo no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/alamo/) - [Alton no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/alton/) - [Donna no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/donna/) - [Edcouch no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/edcouch/) - [Edinburg no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/edinburg/) - [Elsa no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/elsa/) - [Granjeno no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/granjeno/) - [Hidalgo no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/hidalgo/) - [La Joya no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/la-joya/) - [La Villa no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/la-villa/) - [McAllen no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/mcallen/) - [Mercedes no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/mercedes/) - [Mission no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/mission/) - [Palmhurst no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/palmhurst/) - [Palmview no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/palmview/) - [Peñitas no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/penitas/) - [Pharr no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/pharr/) - [Progreso no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/progreso/) - [Progreso Lakes no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/progreso-lakes/) - [San Juan no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/san-juan/) - [Sullivan City no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/sullivan-city/) - [Weslaco no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/weslaco/) ### Cameron County - [Bayview no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/bayview/) - [Brownsville no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/brownsville/) - [Combes no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/combes/) - [Harlingen no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/harlingen/) - [La Feria no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/la-feria/) - [Laguna Vista no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/laguna-vista/) - [Los Fresnos no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/los-fresnos/) - [Los Indios no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/los-indios/) - [Olmito no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/olmito/) - [Palm Valley no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/palm-valley/) - [Port Isabel no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/port-isabel/) - [Primera no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/primera/) - [Rancho Viejo no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/rancho-viejo/) - [Rio Hondo no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/rio-hondo/) - [San Benito no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/san-benito/) - [Santa Rosa no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/santa-rosa/) - [South Padre Island no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/south-padre-island/) - [Starbase no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/starbase/) ### Starr County - [Escobares no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/escobares/) - [La Grulla no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/la-grulla/) - [Rio Grande City no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/rio-grande-city/) - [Roma no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/roma/) ### Willacy County - [Lyford no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/lyford/) - [Port Mansfield no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/port-mansfield/) - [Raymondville no report](https://fronterasignal.com/cities/raymondville/) Each city’s sales tax allocation for the latest month and its change from a year earlier, each figure dated. ## More numbers by industry Three more readings from each industry, each with its date. A reading that is waiting for its next update says so. | Measure | Number | Date | Updates | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Construction and Housing](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/construction/) [See the industry](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/construction/) | | | | | Building permits and project filings, latest week | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly | | Months of housing supply, McAllen metro | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly | | New construction and real estate businesses, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly | | [Produce and Cold Chain](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/produce/) [See the industry](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/produce/) | | | | | Trucks through Hidalgo and Pharr, latest month | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly | | Pesos per dollar | Updating | no reading yet | Daily | | New produce, farm and food businesses, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly | | [Freight and Customs](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/freight/) [See the industry](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/freight/) | | | | | Shortest commercial wait now | No reading now, No reading now | no reading yet | Every 15 minutes | | Gulf Coast diesel, dollars per gallon | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly | | New motor carriers, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly | | [Retail and Auto](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/retail/) [See the industry](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/retail/) | | | | | Hidalgo bridge car wait now, minutes | No reading now | no reading yet | Every 15 minutes | | Personal vehicles across Valley ports, latest month | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly | | New retail and auto businesses, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly | | [Health Care](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/health/) [See the industry](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/health/) | | | | | Agencies with a quality star rating | Updating | no reading yet | Quarterly | | Rated agencies at 2.5 stars or lower | Updating | no reading yet | Quarterly | | Agencies at 4 stars or higher | Updating | no reading yet | Quarterly | | [Restaurants and Bars](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/restaurants/) [See the industry](https://fronterasignal.com/industries/restaurants/) | | | | | Locations reporting alcohol sales | Updating | no reading yet | Monthly | | New on premise alcohol licenses, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly | | New restaurants and bars, last 90 days | Updating | no reading yet | Weekly |