Local Sales Tax Revenues
Twelve Months of Year (Jan.-Dec.) Fayette County Cities Pct. Change Tax Rate 2022 2021 2020 2019 2021 to ’22 La Grange 1.50% 2,461,798 2,255,854 2,012,442 2,146,521 Up 9.1% Schulenburg 1.50% 1,273,275 951,324 907,138 823,736 Up 33.8% Flatonia 1.50% 432,257 399,550 367,234 357,739 Up 8.1% Round Top 1.50% 414,500 363,393 230,701 242,673 Up 14.0% Carmine 1.50% 145,802 132,605 98,180 96,940 Up 9.9% Fayetteville 1.50% 127,741 122,381 99,903 111,454 Up 4.3% Ellinger 1.00% 63,195 4,890 0 0 Up 1192% Other Area Cities Bastrop 1.50% 11,329,865 9,987,649 8,206,874 7,568,753 Up 13.4% Brenham 1.50% 9,149,068 7,930,623 6,957,898 6,958,789 Up 15.3% Lockhart 1.50% 3,650,791 3,228,983 3,011,162 2,659,383 Up 13.0% Elgin 1.50% 3,585,695 3,056,926 2,746,335 2,174,979 Up 17.3% Gonzales 1.50% 3,245,158 2,533,836 2,622,955 2,714,257 Up 28.0% Sealy 1.50% 3,067,808 2,926,179 2,693,620 2,721,469 Up 4.8% Giddings 1.50% 2,502,968 2,064,344 2,064,730 2,089,995 Up 21.2% Hempstead 2.00% 2,334,880 2,056,888 1,874,041 1,944,152 Up 13.5% Caldwell 1.50% 2,072,259 1,726,884 1,730,079 1,875,848 Up 20.0% Luling 1.50% 1,963,491 1,630,741 1,389,347 1,375,655 Up 20.4% Yoakum 2.00% 1,925,611 1,613,700 1,574,594 1,621,931 Up 19.3% Columbus 1.50% 1,913,926 1,748,012 1,751,743 1,680,181 Up 9.5% Hallettsville 2.00% 1,439,412 1,383,721 1,309,589 1,283,956 Up 4.0% Bellville 1.50% 1,064,045 924,517 814,067 806,905 Up 15.1% Weimar 1.50% 929,655 814,117 765,271 743,337 Up 14.2% Smithville 1.50% 892,813 767,654 652,540 575,741 Up 16.3% Shiner 1.00% 542,670 408,397 376,019 457,642 Up 32.8% Eagle Lake 1.00% 395,556 375,488 338,017 313,934 Up 5.3% County Governments Bastrop 0.50% 7,837,387 6,503,945 5,368,171 4,719,121 Up 20.5% Washington 0.50% 4,324,192 3,576,154 3,058,962 3,188,369 Up 20.9% Fayette 0.50% 3,053,126 2,385,558 2,120,587 2,171,422 Up 27.9% Caldwell 0.50% 2,921,554 2,640,296 2,415,378 1,994,496 Up 10.6% Gonzales 0.50% 2,336,959 1,842,224 2,076,634 2,327,596 Up 26.8% Austin 0.50% 2,240,413 2,086,293 1,936,304 2,116,070 Up 7.3% Colorado 0.50% 1,988,474 1,709,238 2,139,267 1,792,985 Up 16.3% Burleson 0.50% 1,565,690 1,151,541 1,429,294 1,479,204 Up 35.9% Lee 0.50% 1,554,642 1,406,914 2,811,500 1,986,254 Up 10.5% Source: State Comptroller’s Office .
LCRA Offering Community Project Grants
The Lower Colorado River Authority is offering grants of up to $50,000 for community projects throughout LCRA’s wholesale power, water and transmission service areas. Applications for Community Development Partnership Program grants will be available online in January and must be submitted by midnight Jan.
