Temple's sales tax allocation jumps 16.6% as 254-area cities collect $25.6M in October

The Texas Comptroller sent $25.6 million in October local sales tax allocations to 77 cities across the 254 area that appear in its data (this tally does not include Williamson County cities other than Florence, or Travis County). That's up 10.5% from $23.2 million in October 2025, and 59 of the 77 cities got more than a year ago. One outlier inflates the total (see Riesel below).

The big three

• Waco got $5,187,526, up 3.44% from $5,014,957. Year to date it has received $51.66 million, up 1.26%.
• Temple got $3,515,024, up 16.55% from $3,015,795, the largest gain among the big cities. Year to date: $33.26 million, up 3.93%.
• Killeen got $2,831,386, up 0.65%. Year to date: $29.93 million, up 0.39%.

Next tier

• Stephenville: $1,004,750, up 27.66%. It's up 12.31% for the year.
• Hewitt: $428,205, up 25.75%. It's up 13.93% for the year.
• Hillsboro: $618,083, up 24.33%.
• Woodway: $453,080, up 17.82%.
• Harker Heights: $915,901, up 4.71%. Belton: $830,412, up 6%. Copperas Cove: $639,138, up 1.43%.
• Corsicana: $1,041,843, up 14.82%. Brownwood: $599,542, up 0.9%.

Down from a year ago: Granbury (-4.57%, $1,027,647), Mineral Wells (-4.4%), Gatesville (-2.21%), Bellmead (-1.31%), Lampasas (-2.98%) and Cameron (-4.93%). The steepest drops were in Moody (-18.14%), Cisco (-16.77%), Rising Star (-14.83%) and Goldthwaite (-12.66%).

Small-town swings: Riesel's check was $274,437, compared with $12,668 a year earlier. Hubbard's rose 266% to $103,180, Clifton's 60.1% to $188,799, Troy's 89.4% to $171,420 and West's 77% to $139,949. The Comptroller's data doesn't explain one-month swings this large, and 254 Biz has not yet confirmed the reasons with the cities.

Daily digit: 59 of 77 = the number of 254-area cities whose October sales tax allocation beat last October's.