LOCATION
State of Texas
County of Bastrop
City of Elgin
19 miles east of Austin;
126 miles west of Houston;
90 miles south of Waco;
90 miles northeast of San Antonio;
180 miles south of Dallas
EDUCATION
Elgin Independent School District
Public
School Budget:-$19,300,000
Elgin Elementary / -728 students
Booker T. Washington
Elementary / 772 students
Neidig Elementary / 602
students
Elgin Middle School /-685 students
Elgin High School /-951 students
Phoenix Learning Center / 29 students
Area
Universities/Colleges
Austin Community College
Blinn College
Concordia University
Houston-Tillotson College
Texas State University
Southwestern University
St. Edward’s University
Temple Junior College
Texas A&M University,
College Station
University of Texas, Austin
State industrial training
Vocational-technical
education programs
INCENTIVES
Tax Reimbursement: Yes
Enterprise Zone: Yes
Industrial Foundation: Yes
Foreign Trade Zone: Yes
Reinvestment Zone: Yes
OTHER
Economic Development Corp.
Main Street Programs
Business Assistance Programs
GOVERNMENT, CITY
Type: City Manager
Number on Council: 9
Municipal Police: 14
Paid firemen: 0
Volunteer Firemen: 40
Insurance key rate: $0.07
City Zoning Body: Yes
Master plan: Yes |
POPULATION
Year
City County
2010
8,135 74,171
2002
6,300 62,059
2000
5,700 57,733
1997
5,450 46,002
1990
4,846 38,265
1980
4535 24,726
1970
3832 17,297
TAXATION
Net taxable property of the City
of Elgin $402.7 Million
Tax rates per $100 of assessed valuation
City - 0.77760
School -1.54000
County - 0.61920
County Roads - 0.12850
ESD#1 - 0.1000
Total - 3.16530
City Annual Taxable
Retail Sales: $54,434,067
Municipal
sales tax: 1%
State sales tax: 6.25%
Econ. Dev. Sales Tax 0.5%
Other sales tax: 0.5%
Total Sales Tax: 8.25%
City Bond Rating Value: Baaa1
(Moody's)
Economic Dev Corp Bond
Rating Value: A
(Standard & Poor)
FINANCE
First National Bank
First State Bank
Frontier
Bank
Prosperity
Bank
HEALTH
CARE
Total Dentists in City: 3
Total Doctors (medical) in City: 6
Chiropractor in City: 2
Physical Therapy in City: 1
CHURCHES
Assembly of God, Baptist, Catholic,
Christian Church of Christ, Family Christian Center, Evangelical
Free, International, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Seventh
Day Adventist, United Pentecostal Church. |
UTILITIES
To connect to utilities use the following link;
www.2turniton.com
Electric Power
Wholesaler – TXU
www.powertochoose.org
Natural
Gas
Centerpoint/Entex
BTU content per cubic foot
Telephone
AT&T
Digital: Yes
Make and Model: 5 ESS EXM Switch
Fiber
Optics: Yes
Switched 56 KBPS: Yes
High capacity digital (TI):Yes
Digital data service: Yes
911:
Yes
Other
network | special service
Extended Metro Service
TRANSPORTATION
Commercial Airport: Austin Bergstrom
International Airport
RECREATION
Parks: 5
Area lakes: 3
Country clubs: Cola Vista, in Bastrop County
Public golf courses 3 within 9-13 miles
Bastrop & Travis Counties
Tennis courts: Yes
Municipal pool
OTHER
Libraries:
1
Hotel rooms: 51
Motel rooms: 20
MEDIA
Paper: 1 weekly
Radio Stations:1 AM
TV Stations: Local
TV Cable: Yes |
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