Facts at Your Fingertips
Geography
Hospitals
Matagorda County Labor Force
Matagorda County . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,115 square miles
Bay City
Palacios
Total Labor Force
Elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 feet Beds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
12%
Interstate 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 miles
Education
U.S. Highway 59, (I-69) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 miles
Bay City ISD . . . . . . 7 Schools . . . . . 4,305 students
Distance to Major Texas Cities
Matagorda ISD . . . . . 1 School . . . . . . . 84 students
Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 miles Palacios ISD . . . . . . 4 Schools . . . . . 1,712 students
Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 miles Tidehaven ISD . . . . . 4 Schools . . . . . . 912 students
88%
San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 miles Van Vleck ISD . . . . . 4 Schools . . . . . . 968 students
Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 miles Colleges within 70 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Corpus Christi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 miles Junior Colleges within County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
N Employed N Unemployed
Vocational Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Air Transportation
Private Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Businesses
Hobby National (Houston) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 miles
Bay City
Bush Intercontinental (Houston) . . . . . . . . . 87 miles Population
Bay City Municipal
Total Number of Establishments .......................... 888
City of Bay City
Runway Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,120 feet
Palacios
Runway Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . paved
19,000
18,669
18,718
Total Number of Establishments .......................... 180
Palacios Municipal
18,520
18,425
18,500
Runway Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 feet
New Home Construction
Runway Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . paved
18,000
Climate
17,500
Average Annual Temperature . . . . . . . . . . 71 degrees
January Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 degrees
July Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 degrees
Annual Rainfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.1 inches
Annual Snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Prevailing Wind Direction . . . . . . . . South-Southeast
17,000
N 2000 N 2005 N 2008 N 2009
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
16
35
90
13
1
81
4
6
97
25
6
77
21
2
76
New Development Sought
City of Palacios
Government
Bay City
Mayor and Council
Palacios
Planning Commission
Manager and Council
Zoning Regulations
6,000
Taxes 2010-2011
N 2000 N 2005 N 2008 N 2009
Property Tax Per $100 Assessed Value
Matagorda County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.27
City of Bay City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.56
City of Palacios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.81
Bay City ISD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32
Matagorda ISD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15
Tidehaven ISD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.05
Van Vleck ISD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.04
Palacios ISD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.06
City of Bay City Sales Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00%
City of Palacios Sales Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00%
Matagorda County Sales Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
Texas State Sales Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.25%
Corporation Income Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
Bay City
Palacios
County
5,267
5,153
5,174
5,559
4,000
2,000
0
40,000
39,609
Matagorda County
Small growth industries and businesses
Plastic products manufacturers
Value-added agri/aqua-culture and seafood
businesses
Waterfront tourist hotels/motels
Restaurants
Active adult retirement communities
Vacation home communities
Residential subdivisions
Industries needing large amounts of gas,
electricity and land
39,000
38,500
38,000
37,957
37,671
37,616
37,500
37,000
36,862
36,500
36,000
N 2000 N 2005 N 2008 N 2009
Matagorda County
Economic Development Corporation
Owen Bludau
Executive Director
2200 7th Street, Suite 304, Bay City, Texas 77414
979.245.8913
[email protected]
www.mcedc.net
Gateway to Economic Opportunity
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Matagorda County
Industrial Advantages:
Large land tracts
Air quality attainment area
Plastic pellets and plastic powder producers
Commercial barge port
Agricultural, aquaculture and seafood products
Intracoastal Waterway
Available labor force
Attractive labor rates
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Large capacity utility lines
Oil and natural gas resources
Convenient highway network
Business friendly community and people
Attractions and Museums
Recreational Facilities
Matagorda County Museum
Rio Colorado Golf Course
Birding Nature Center
Palacios Area Historical Museum
Palacios Marine Education Center
Texas Settlement Trail
Texas Independence Trail
Historical Markers
Landmark Home Tours
Matagorda Beach
Sargent Beach
Birding Nature Center
LCRA Matagorda Bay Nature Park
Riverside RV Camping
Hunting and Fishing (River, Bay, and Gulf)
Boating
Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tennis Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Swimming Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Public Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Public Golf Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bay City Community
Development Corporation
Job Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tax Abatement
Enterprise Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Workforce Training
City of Palacios
Economic Development Corporation
Palacios
CPL Retail Energy . . (Bay City) . . . (866) 322-5563
Jackson Electric Co-op
(Palacios) . . . (979) 245-3029
Matagorda County Economic
Development Corporation
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FACTS
Electric
Gas
Bay City
No. of Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
No. of Credit Unions . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Job Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tax Abatement
Enterprise Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Workforce Training
Foreign Trade Zone
Utilities
Finance
Hub Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tax Abatement
IDA Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workforce Training
Bay City Gas Company
Billing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (979) 245-2327
Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . (979) 245-2311 Major Annual Events
Reliant Energy/Entex
Market Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third Saturday
(Palacios) . . . . . . . (361) 972-2315 Valentine Parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February
Charity Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February
Water
Matagorda County Fair and Rodeo . . . . . . . . . March
City of Bay City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (979) 245-2322 Cinco de Mayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May
City of Palacios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (361) 972-3605 Relay for Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June
Bay City Water Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.56 MGD Fourth of July Flight Fest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July
Bay City Wastewater Capacity . . . . . . . . . .4.3 MGD Shrimporee and Blessing of Fleet . . . . . . . . . August
Palacios Chamber Fishing Tournment . . . . . . August
Telephone
Harvest Moon Dinner and Dance . . . . . . . . . October
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Bull Blast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October
SBC
(Bay City) . . . . . . (800) 464-7928 Lion’s Club Rice Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October
Repair . . . . . . . . . . (800) 246-8464 Miss Palacios Pageant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November
Verizon . . . . . . . (Palacios) . . . . . . . (800) 483-5000 Trade and Industry Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . November
Fishermen’s Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November
Cable Television
Lighting of the Palms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December
Bay City Cable Vision
Marsh Island Christmas Bird Count . . . . . December
(Bay City) . . . . (979) 245-5511
Christmas Lighted Parade . . . . . . . . . . . . . December
Charter Communications
Palacios Lighted Bayfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . December
(Palacios) . . . . (800) 526-8901
City of Bay City
1901 Fifth Street ( Bay City, TX 77414
Bay City Community
Development Corporation
May we help you expand or relocate to our city?
D.C. Dunham - Executive Director
(979) 245-8081 • Fax (979) 323-1642
1900 5th Street • Bay City, Texas 77414-0308
[email protected] • cityofbaycity.org
www.cityofbaycity.org
(979) 245-2137
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