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Heartland Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedPartly retrofittedEarly, TX

Partial Reinhabited in 2010. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

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Website dead or redirecting

This site: …http://www.heartland-mall.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -22% census-cbp · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.76 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +76% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

This site: Partial reinhabitation: education record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

TX, Early: Heartland Mall/Ranger College, 2010
• Partial reinhabitation: education

Now

Status	Partly retrofittedauthors' map reported
Strategy	Partial Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Partial reinhabitation: educationauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2010authors' map reported

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	4: C & M TRACTOR; ROGERS MACHINE CO; SPECTRUM GRAPHICS; THE CAR CARE PLACEEPA FRS
Census tract 48049951200	4,333 people, 132 per sq mi; median household income $78,606; median gross rent $1,195; 24% renters; 15.3% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 7.8 of 20; 5 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.79; 4,041 jobs within 45 min by car; 3% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	1 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 0 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 0 civic, 3 food and drink; 1 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Brown County (TX), 2024	0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 4 in 2–4, 144 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.76; socioeconomic 0.55; housing and transport 0.74; 24% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Heartland Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.92, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 22,831 m², 5.709269046783447 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.heartland-mall.com (down or redirecting, status 0) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population +3% (4,192 → 4,333); median income +76% ($44,583 → $78,606); renters 22% → 24%; median home value +93% ($97,500 → $188,100)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 60.6); expected annual loss $1.6M; high: tornado, hail, strong wind, winter weather, cold wave; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	1,966 jobs in 140 establishments; average annual pay $35,156; employment location quotient 1.28; employment -0.5% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	1,486 jobs; 271 in retail trade, 307 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 48049951200)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 46th income percentile as adults; 3.3% incarcerated at the 2010 count (627 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 86% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 12.2%; median family income $69,593; 90 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Early Independent School District (PK-12); 1 public school within 1 mile: PREMIER H S OF COMANCHE/EARLYNCES EDGE
Elevation	1,372 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	143 county-logged events: 88 hail, 40 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 tornado; $2,415,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 76802, 2026-09	median list price $301,000 (-9.3% on the year); 22 active listings; median 75 days on market; 19% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	139 establishments (-22%); 1,968 jobs (+3%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $186,630 (-0% 1 yr, +10% 5 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	304 (2000 = 100); -4.4% 1 yr, +46% 5 yr, +79% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	25,503 vehicles a day (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,835 trucks; 19 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

HEARTLAND MALL - Updated June 2026 - 300 E… yelp.com
Early council approves sales tax rebate for improvements to He… brownwoodnews.com
Oldest Claire's sign ever (Heartland Mall, Early TX) : r… reddit.com
Heartland Mall Early Texas October 2021 visit youtube.com
New stores coming to Early's Heartland Mall ktxs.com
300 Early Blvd, Early, TX 76802 | Crexi.com crexi.com
Heartland Mall, Hougang — Stores, Map & Hours | Occupi getoccupi.com

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Ranger College
County	Brown County
Census division	7 · West South Central

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Timeline

2010 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Heartland Mall, Early, TX." Record m-df6e269830, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/early-heartland-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_earlyheartlandmall,
  title = {Heartland Mall, Early, TX},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tx/early-heartland-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-df6e269830, release 2026-10-20, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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