# Menard County, Texas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Menard No data center or power plant project is on record in Menard County, but the national build-out still reaches it through its utility bill, its labor market and the projects next door. Menard County is home to Menard. Unemployment was 5.0% in August 2026, against 2.9% in 2019. Next door, Concho County has 686 MW of planned generation. 8 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Employers here counted 432 jobs in 2025, down 3.4% from 2019. -3.4% total jobs since 2019, now 432 8 MW of operating power plants, mostly solar 1,956 residents, 2025 ## Cities and towns in Menard County Menard County is home to Menard. Menard1,356 residents Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Menard County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Texas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 1,959 | 1,956 | ▼ 0.2% | 232nd of 254 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 447 | 432 | ▼ 3.4% | 188th of 254 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $28,428 | $36,095 | ▲ 27.0% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 2.9% | 5.0% | ▲ 2.1pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 8 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Its power plants have 8 MW of capacity, 100% of it solar. Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC is the largest utility serving Menard County, one of 5 with territory here. It delivers power that customers buy from competing retail providers. 1,956 people live here, down 0.2% since 2020. ## Who powers Menard County ### Utilities with service territory in Menard County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | — | Delivery only (retail choice) | 3,477,215 | — | — | | Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 405,587 | 12.22¢ | 22% | | AEP Texas North Company | — | Delivery only (retail choice) | 157,455 | — | — | | Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 39,569 | 11.03¢ | 9% | | Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 5,886 | 13.55¢ | 10% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 8 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Lampwick | Sol Systems | Solar | 8 MW | 2019 | ## The Menard County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 432 | $36,095 | 1.00 | | Construction | 14 | $64,969 | 0.61 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Menard County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Menard County. Texas has 25 local measures on record statewide, and 1 neighboring county has one: [Tom Green County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/tom-green-county). ## Menard County and its neighbors Of the 7 counties that border Menard County, Concho County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Menard County | 1,956 | ▼ 3.4% | 8 MW | — | — | — | | Concho County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/concho-county) | 3,607 | ▲ 31.6% | 1,000 MW | 686 MW | — | — | | Kimble County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/kimble-county) | 4,438 | ▼ 7.8% | 20 MW | — | — | — | | Mason County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/mason-county) | 3,990 | ▲ 4.0% | 110 MW | — | — | — | | McCulloch County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/mcculloch-county) | 7,472 | ▼ 16.1% | 340 MW | 90 MW | — | — | | Schleicher County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/schleicher-county) | 2,245 | ▼ 8.1% | 200 MW | — | — | — | | Sutton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/sutton-county) | 3,203 | ▼ 35.7% | — | — | — | — | | Tom Green County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/tom-green-county) | 120,602 | ▲ 4.2% | 818 MW | 316 MW | — | 1 | ## More of Texas [All Texas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas)[Tom Green County120,602 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/tom-green-county)[McCulloch County7,472 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/mcculloch-county)[Kimble County4,438 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/kimble-county)[Mason County3,990 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/mason-county)[Concho County3,607 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/concho-county) ## Menard County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Menard County, Texas? 5 utilities have service territory in Menard County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc, AEP Texas North Company, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc. ### What power plants are in Menard County? 1 operating plant with 8 MW of capacity. The largest is Lampwick (8 MW, solar). ### Are there data centers in Menard County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Menard County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Concho County. ### Is Menard County adding jobs? Employers counted 432 jobs in 2025 against 447 in 2019 (-3.4%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Menard County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Menard County. Texas has 25 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/menard-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).