Federal contributions from ZIP 78746

Nearly 100,000 lines at $62,224,461

$62,224,461 divided by 99,523 is about $625 per itemized line. That mean sits with other high-volume Texas ZIPs: many rows, dollars in the low $60 millions, no median in the packet. The average is a ratio of two FEC counts, not a typical west Austin household check.

Ninety-nine thousand five hundred twenty-three itemizations is a long receipt list. Repeat gifts, bundled events, and office-address giving can all add rows. 99,523 is a contribution-line total, not a headcount of people who live west of MoPac.

LobbyVault does not score 78746 as a hill-country wealth index. Occupation and employer fields sit elsewhere. This page stays on the two packet facts.

West Lake Hills’ five-digit key is 78746 on every row inside $62,224,461. Cite 99,523 contributions with that total whenever the ZIP is quoted.

West Austin ZIP as a filing key

78746 covers West Lake Hills and adjacent west Austin mail. A contributor who lists a Bee Cave Road office, a residential address, or a committee that files 78746 adds to $62,224,461 when that ZIP is on the itemization. The accurate label is tagged federal receipts, not a town-only household book.

The 99,523-line count includes memo entries and redesignations. This guide does not invent a person count the packet omitted.

What never enters $62,224,461

Unitemized federal gifts are out. Texas Ethics Commission filings are out. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are out, even if the ad names a Travis County candidate. Cite $62,224,461 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 78746, from FEC.gov.

Amendments can still move a high-volume Austin ZIP. Recheck the ZIP 78746 FEC page after a restatement. This packet does not print a cycle year; compare harvest dates before calling two totals a conflict.

78746 beside 78701 and other Austin codes

The all-ZIP directory ranks the same FEC series. Downtown 78701 may show fewer lines and a higher mean; other west-side codes may show more lines. Those contrasts describe filing shape, not which neighborhood is more partisan. FEC.gov does not score neighborhoods.

Do not add 78746 to 78701 or 78703 into an Austin metro total on this page. The file reports one key: 78746, $62,224,461, 99,523 contributions.

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The ZIP 78746 FEC page holds the live aggregate. The all-ZIP directory ranks other codes. The donor directory lists names on itemized receipts. Every printed dollar traces to FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $62,224,461, 99,523 contributions, ZIP 78746.

If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. Named rows, not this roll-up, answer identity questions on a 99,523-line file.

West Lake Hills volume still has one five-digit key

ZIP 78746 totals $62,224,461 across 99,523 itemized FEC contributions. West Lake Hills and west Austin mail is orientation, not a hill-country wealth finding. The mean of about $625 is $62,224,461 divided by 99,523. It is not a median. 99,523 is a line count, not a headcount of people who live west of MoPac. The packet has no unique-donor field.

Bee Cave Road offices and residential addresses can share 78746 on Schedule A. LobbyVault does not split those categories here. Repeat gifts add rows. Memo entries add rows. Texas Ethics Commission filings never enter $62,224,461. Unitemized federal gifts never enter it. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never enter it. Recheck the ZIP 78746 FEC page after a restatement.

Do not add 78746 to 78701 or 78703 into an Austin metro total on this page. Downtown 78701 may show fewer lines and a higher mean; that contrast is filing shape, not a neighborhood ranking. FEC.gov does not score neighborhoods. Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Open the all-ZIP directory to place 78746 among other Texas codes. Named receipts on the hub and the donor directory answer identity questions this 99,523-line roll-up cannot.

West Lake Hills volume is 99,523 lines against $62,224,461. The mean of about $625 is a ratio, not a hill-country household figure. Texas Ethics Commission filings stay outside the total. Unitemized federal gifts stay outside it. Open the ZIP 78746 FEC page for the live aggregate. Open the all-ZIP directory before adding 78701 or 78703. Open the donor directory for names. Recheck after a restatement. Downtown 78701 may show fewer lines and a higher mean; that contrast is filing shape. FEC.gov does not score neighborhoods. Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 78746?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 78746 total $62,224,461 across 99,523 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of West Lake Hills residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean of about $625 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 78746?

LobbyVault counts 99,523 itemized contributions for ZIP 78746. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $62,224,461.

Does ZIP 78746 include only West Lake Hills residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Office and committee addresses in the 78746 grid can be part of $62,224,461 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 99,523-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 78746 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $62,224,461 and 99,523 lines for ZIP 78746. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Texas state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.