Wow. HUGE comeback for Lampasas. After months and months of declining sales tax receipts, this is a massive rebound. See row 585 as always.
The state of Texas as a whole was +5.19%
Not sure how to explain this. Seems too early in the year to attribute to the eclipse, unless people (and the City) did some massive stockpiling ahead of time. It was almost $40,000 increase in nominal terms. That translates into a LOT of extra spending for the month: close to $1 million bucks.
It may also be some quirk of the calendar. In years past, March always seems to be a large pop on the YoY number. Last year it was +10.2% and the year before that it was +18% (Covid stimmy-induced).
We are now back to about even on the year, compared to last year. Next month should be interesting to see the eclipse effects. But don’t forget, the City spent a LOT of money prepping for the eclipse – porta potties, parking barricades, police overtime, etc. We’ll see if it all paid off soon.
How did other cities fare?
Burnet: Barely positive at +0.4%
Marble Falls: UP 5.7% – in line with the state.
Dallas: UP 7.23% – slightly above the state as a whole.
Austin: UP 7.55% – similar to Dallas.