Local Sales Tax Revenues

First Five Months of Year (Jan.-May)

Fayette County Cities

Pct. Change Tax Rate 2024 2023 2022 2021 2023 to ’24 La Grange 1.50% 1,119,631 1,176,132 1,036,665 904,715 Down 4.8% Schulenburg 1.50% 518,480 632,400 500,922 377,550 Down 18.0% Round Top 1.50% 225,961 212,694 171,530 146,516 Up 6.2% Flatonia 1.50% 189,676 191,529 172,860 165,331 Down 0.9% Carmine 1.50% 75,094 63,728 65,953 57,231 Up 17.8% Fayetteville 1.50% 51,546 124,458 52,340 50,821 Down 58.5% Ellinger 1.00% 28,082 27,283 26,016 0 Up 2.9%

Other Area Cities

Bastrop 1.50% 5,206,148 5,059,626 4,556,598 3,879,039 Up 2.9% Brenham 1.50% 4,263,413 3,922,511 3,727,702 3,096,972 Up 8.7% Hempstead 2.00% 2,371,962 979,531 971,420 803,471 Up 142.1% Lockhart 1.50% 1,843,856 1,657,122 1,476,545 1,297,858 Up 11.2% Elgin 1.50% 1,689,036 1,606,999 1,445,628 1,162,877 Up 5.1% Sealy 1.50% 1,427,250 1,424,169 1,308,320 1,138,771 Up 0.2% Gonzales 1.50% 1,269,746 1,333,712 1,280,030 1,011,386 Down 4.8% Giddings 1.50% 1,234,565 1,170,231 1,020,600 737,797 Up 5.5% Caldwell 1.50% 914,628 902,909 862,860 673,219 Up 1.3% Columbus 1.50% 885,018 860,816 794,819 682,607 Up 2.8% Yoakum 2.00% 876,849 871,144 767,385 634,995 Up 13.5% Luling 1.50% 819,134 877,767 772,519 593,682 Down 6.6% Hallettsville 2.00% 612,145 632,463 589,791 598,889 Up 0.6% Bellville 1.50% 484,623 484,623 420,250 373,440 Down 1.9% Shiner 1.00% 465,519 235,988 205,733 144,655 Up 97.2% Smithville 1.50% 380,939 375,865 372,035 308,487 Up 1.3% Weimar 1.50% 347,542 396,643 378,569 314,575 Down 12.3% Eagle Lake 1.00% 168,728 188,265 162,927 166,046 Down 10.3%

County Governments

Bastrop 0.50% 3,602,643 3,416,123 3,046,5550 2,459,756 Up 5.4% Washington 0.50% 1,963,864 2,001,449 1,754,955 1,367,414 Down 1.8% Caldwell 0.50% 1,462,939 1,355,970 1,140,592 1,015,563 Up 7.8% Gonzales 0.50% 1,434,723 1,061,269 930,843 736,759 Up 35.1% Fayette 0.50% 1,310,470 1,436,457 1,232,457 919,018 Down 8.7% Colorado 0.50% 1,109,633 889,373 779,963 658,375 Up 24.7% Austin 0.50% 1,009,496 931,606 953,835 815,615 Up 8.3% Lee 0.50% 874,800 683,050 606,462 527,494 Up 28.0% Burleson 0.50% 591,009 674,171 617,152 464,652 Down 12.3%

Source: State Comptroller’s Office