Guadalupe County’s October 2026 sales tax allocation fell 2.01% from a year earlier to $1,283,113.95. The county received $26,327.84 less from this revenue stream in October than it did in October 2025.
The monthly decline sits alongside a stronger cumulative figure: the county’s January–October allocations totaled $16,497,354.07, up 18.72% from $13,895,544.79 over the same span in 2025. The October payment is one part of that year-to-date total, so the monthly drop has not erased the accumulated gain.
From the source record
Guadalupe County: $1,283,113.95 for October 2026, compared with $1,309,441.79 for October 2025.Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ↗
What the figures mean for the county
Sales tax allocations are payments to the county, not a direct measure of how much shoppers spent in October. The county’s allocation rate in the Comptroller data is 0.5%. The figures establish a smaller payment for this month and a larger total for the year so far; they do not, by themselves, establish a change to any particular county service or spending line.
The recent monthly comparisons have varied: August’s allocation was up 19.16% from a year earlier, while September’s was down 14.4%. That uneven pattern makes the county’s adopted budget and subsequent revenue reports the records to check for a fuller account of its finances. Readers can inspect the county’s monthly and year-to-date amounts in the Comptroller’s sales tax allocation data.