County profile
Starr County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1483 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 4% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,704
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
594
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
66,319
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
10.2%
Median HH income
$37.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
13.6%±1.7%
Poverty rate
33.5%±3.2%
Business applications
466 · 2025
Retail establishments
129
19.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care54%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation14%
Finance & insurance4%
Transportation3%
Education3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
66,319
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $34.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,229
International migration+93
Natural change+2,572
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$95.1k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$726/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
17.2%±2.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Wildfire 85Heat wave 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1152016
1202017
1282018
1212019
1282020
1442021
1702022
1842023
1802024
2182025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202142021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.5 km
I-2
Nearest freight rail
21.4 km
BOP
Nearest port
120.0 km
WILBUR ELLIS CO., RIO HONDO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
65.7 km
MC ALLEN INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.5k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Starr?
Starr's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, contracting 1.4% year over year — slower than 84% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.