Starr County, Texas: commercial real estate data.

Starr County

How many people live in Starr County

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202466,067
• Households19,157
• Average household size3.45
• Median household income$37,639
• Median age29.4
• Median gross rent$726 per month
• Median owner-occupied home value$95,100
• Home value to household income2.5 times
• Annual rent as a share of median income23.1 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.6 percent
• Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.7 percent
• Adults 25 and over37,199
• Population under 1821,472
• Share under 1832.5 percent
• Population 65 and over7,519
• Share 65 and over11.4 percent
• Working age population, 18 to 6437,076
• Civilian labor force26,751
• Unemployment rate10.4 percent
• Labor force participation, adults 18 and over60.0 percent
• Rank by population among Texas counties54th of 254
• Rank by population among US county-equivalents, Puerto Rico included828th of 3,222

Starr County is the 54th largest of 254 Texas counties by population. A median home costs 2.5 times median household income, which is affordable by national standards. Residents under 18 outnumber those 65 and over, at 32.5 percent against 11.4 percent, a household formation profile rather than a retirement one.

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year.

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Where are people moving to Starr County from?

• Tax returns filed by households arriving579
• People arriving, from those returns1,187
• Tax returns filed by households leaving750
• Net household movement-171
• Adjusted gross income arriving$22.2 m
• Net adjusted gross income movement$-8.0 m
• Average income of an arriving household$38,313
• Average income of a leaving household$40,259
• Largest single originHidalgo County (247 households)
• Largest single destinationHidalgo County (365 households)

Households arriving report $1,946 less average income than households leaving, which drains spending power even where headcount holds up. The largest single source of arrivals is Hidalgo County, which is the catchment a retail or multifamily study should look at first.

US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.

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Employment by industry in Starr County

• Covered employment, annual average14,746
• Establishments reporting666
• Average annual pay$39,754
• Average weekly wage$765
• Retail trade, employment1,887
• Retail trade, average annual pay$30,198
• Accommodation and food services, employment1,116
• Accommodation and food services, average annual pay$17,364
• Transportation and warehousing, employment280
• Transportation and warehousing, average annual pay$48,862
• Finance and insurance, employment270
• Finance and insurance, average annual pay$42,196
• Construction, employment170
• Utilities, employment128

Retail trade is the largest private sector at 1,887 jobs, 12.8 percent of covered employment.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.

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Building permits in Starr County

• Housing units authorized by permit, 20240
• Declared construction value permitted$0
• Single family units authorized0
• Multifamily units authorized0

No residential units were authorized by permit in 2024. In a small county this is common and is not by itself a sign of distress, but it does mean there is no recent residential pipeline to read demand from.

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.

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SBA loan default and charge-off rates in Starr County

Do SBA loans in Starr County get paid back?

• Loans with a final outcome recorded1
• Paid in full0
• Charged off1
• Status: Charged off1
• Status: Exempt from disclosure4
• Status: Cancelled4
• Status: Committed, not yet disbursed1

Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.

Compare against the national and state SBA charge-off rates, computed the same way over resolved loans only.

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.

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How large is Starr County?

• Land area1,223 sq mi
• Rank by land area among Texas counties39th of 254
• Width, east to west52.7 mi
• Height, north to south37 mi
• Geographies sharing a boundary4
• Residents per square mile of land54
• Establishments per square mile0.49

US Census Bureau county boundary geometry, TIGER, adjacency computed from shared boundary vertices, TIGER county boundaries. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020-2024 5-year. US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023.

Feasibility studies

When a Starr County site needs a document a lender will accept.

The same data layer behind this page is the one the studies are written from. A study for a Starr County site starts with the figures you are reading, carrying the same source and period into the credit file.

• Population, American Community Survey 2020-202466,067
• Households19,157
• Average household size3.45
• Median household income$37,639
• Median age29.4

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Cities and places in Starr.

115 Census places lie wholly or partly in Starr County. 90 carry enough published place level data for a page of their own and are linked. The rest are named here and not linked, because the American Community Survey and the SBA record between them do not carry enough about them to write an honest page. A place existing is itself worth knowing, so nothing in the county is left out.