Cameron County, Texas · HUD 2027 QCT list

Qualified census tracts in Cameron County, Texas (2027)

25 census tracts in Cameron County are qualified census tracts on HUD's 2027 list, home to 83,203 people in the 2020 Census. A LIHTC building in one can take 130% of eligible basis for allocations and bond issues after December 31, 2026. Separately, 1 ZIP code areas in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA are 2027 Small Area DDAs.

252027 qualified census tracts
83,203people in them (2020 Census)
20with a poverty rate of 25% or more (2020-2024 ACS)
11holding a monitored LIHTC property

Tract list

Click a column to sort. A tract's 11-digit GEOID is the county code 48061 followed by the tract number as six digits (tract 92.04 is 009204).
Census tractPopulationPoverty rateMedian household incomeLIHTC properties
103.014,83425.8%$45,1282
108.014,66532.4%$42,4021
108.023,67949.7%$34,2260
1112,65736.9%$31,3950
1155,98735%$44,4872
116.023,02840%$36,0660
119.062,119n/a$41,1831
122.012,97932.8%$34,4201
125.084,35727.2%$39,8870
126.143,109n/a$37,0230
126.153,79543.1%$35,7824
130.032,37533.6%$30,2651
131.064,68637.6%$30,4174
132.032,39552.1%$25,3991
132.053,74949.9%$37,4681
132.062,76638.1%$30,5580
133.072,03134.3%$37,3150
133.083,359n/a$44,9740
133.092,76221.3%$47,1430
134.012,360n/a$26,9212
1373,15037%$36,5450
138.012,26340.6%$28,0740
138.023,25945.3%$27,4730
139.012,43452.1%$24,8910
1434,40535.1%$38,7950

Source: HUD 2027 QCT data file (qct_data_2027.xlsx), the tract figures HUD published with the 2027 list (population: 2020 Census; poverty rate and median household income: 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates, blank where HUD's file is blank). LIHTC properties: monitored properties in HUD's LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026). Designations: FR Doc. 2026-20390.

Changes from 2026: 5 tracts are new for 2027 (108.02, 116.02, 122.01, 125.08, 126.15); 6 dropped off since 2026 (106.03, 116.01, 125.11, 132.04, 134.02, 142.01). All 2027 changes.

How HUD picks these tracts

A tract qualifies when at least half of its households earn under 60% of area median gross income, or its poverty rate is 25% or more. HUD cannot designate more than 20% of a metro or nonmetro area's population, so it ranks eligible tracts and some that pass the tests miss the list. That is why a tract in this county with a high poverty rate may not appear here. The 2027 designations take effect for buildings whose credits are allocated, or whose bonds are issued, after December 31, 2026; a site that drops off a later list keeps its status if a complete application was filed before the new list took effect and credits are allocated within 730 days of that filing (HUD notice, FR Doc. 2026-20390, section VII).

Census tract boundaries do not follow streets you can see, so confirm a site with the address lookup, which returns the tract from the Census geocoder.

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