# House District 17 — Stan Gerdes

## Executive narrative

Childcare Supply Pressure is above the Texas House median (2.15 vs 1.53). Who the Formula Does Not Count is near the Texas House median (17.6% vs 20.1%). Nighttime Schedule Coverage is above the Texas House median (5.2% vs 2.5%). Early-Shift Workforce is above the Texas House median (21.9% vs 15.1%).

## Childcare demand and supply

- Children under 6 — geographic allocation estimate: 15,701
- Working-parent children under 6: 12,933
- Current qualifying authorized capacity: 6,006
- Childcare Supply Pressure: 2.15
- Who the Formula Does Not Count: 17.6%

## Nighttime / workforce-time context

- HHSC nighttime-window operations — geographic allocation estimate: 4.2
- Nighttime Schedule Coverage: 5.2%
- Early-Shift Workforce — workers leaving before 6 a.m.: 21.9%

## Workforce geography

- Resident primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 95,691
- Workplace primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 45,036
- Resident-worker outbound share: 87.8%

## Legislative geography

The district uses the governed 2025 ZIP-to-House-district crosswalk. Duplicate ZIP×district relationships use MAX(area_ratio), never SUM(area_ratio). Split ZIPs are preserved. Additive ZIP values are allocated by area_ratio and summed; district ratios are recomputed from the corrected components.

ZIP/ZCTA desert classification is direct Texas-compatible evidence. House district ratios are legislative context estimates.