Hidalgo County, Texas · HUD 2027 QCT list

Qualified census tracts in Hidalgo County, Texas (2027)

42 census tracts in Hidalgo County are qualified census tracts on HUD's 2027 list, home to 173,229 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.

422027 qualified census tracts
173,229people in them (2020 Census)
37with a poverty rate of 25% or more (2020-2024 ACS)
14holding a monitored LIHTC property

Tract list

Click a column to sort. A tract's 11-digit GEOID is the county code 48215 followed by the tract number as six digits (tract 92.04 is 009204).
Census tractPopulationPoverty rateMedian household incomeLIHTC properties
201.032,70434.2%$36,0832
201.051,70453.8%$21,7400
202.073,10636.5%$36,0810
205.093,11931.4%$46,8332
2062,39341%$31,1031
207.292,39328.2%$27,1320
207.302,48646%$23,2122
213.064,18644.6%$36,2501
214.015,28232.8%$37,0780
2153,35524.7%$39,7340
2163,852n/a$37,5222
217.034,75239.4%$40,8940
218.094,33138%$39,2290
220.083,46144.7%$42,7162
220.113,58536.7%$32,4680
221.053,438n/a$22,4650
221.074,31141.6%$32,2832
221.117,24338.5%$37,2120
221.123,44133.9%$35,6251
225.033,62631.8%$45,2210
231.037,75135.5%$46,9092
231.044,57350.9%$28,3272
231.062,95437.8%$34,0980
235.164,65735.9%$37,1770
235.203,75735.5%$32,2580
236.013,04147.6%$30,1021
239.073,91136.2%$41,7520
240.012,94033.6%$45,2170
240.025,93347.6%$24,3060
241.074,37445.8%$33,4720
241.086,65233.4%$30,7270
241.203,87746%$39,3750
241.224,64249.7%$31,4910
241.243,68024.1%$67,9170
241.264,98235.2%$44,1820
241.275,07930.9%$55,7680
242.064,53333.7%$41,7360
242.093,76732.8%$44,0940
244.044,148n/a$48,0970
244.054,32846.6%$36,1930
245.023,64739.5%$32,8653
2467,23542.5%$40,3651

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: 10 tracts are new for 2027 (202.07, 207.30, 220.11, 235.20, 236.01, 239.07, 240.01, 241.27, 244.05, 246); 7 dropped off since 2026 (205.05, 213.08, 213.13, 230, 235.27, 235.29, 235.30). 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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