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Dentists and orthodontists in Starr County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for dentists and orthodontists in Starr County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,093 of 1,886 scored counties
#62 of 126 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 14
- 4 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.3M
- On medical and dental services · $853 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,319
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 dentists and orthodontists in Starr County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 29%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 13.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Starr County comes to about $16.3M a year: $853 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per practice, 19% above the U.S. figure of $984K. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which dentists and orthodontists share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Starr County classed as offices of dentists. That is one for every 2,395 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Starr County.
Population estimates put the population change in Starr County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For dentists and orthodontists, Starr County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,093 of 1,886 scored counties and #62 of 126 scored counties in Texas.
How Starr County compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the dentists and orthodontists counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Starr County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $842K | $984K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,395 | 924 | 952 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | −0.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $853 | $1,164 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $37,639 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as offices of dentists in Starr County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Starr County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,319+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,157
- Median age
- 30.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,223 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $37,639+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,715
- Median home value
- $95,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,587
- Daytime population
- 54,236Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 91 | 8 | 4.6 | $2.8M | +22.6% | #5 of 1,886 |
| 2Upshur County, TX | 80 | 7 | 4.5 | $2.3M | +8.2% | #68 of 1,886 |
| 3Aransas County, TX | 78 | 6 | 4.8 | $2.3M | +9.3% | #94 of 1,886 |
| 4Wise County, TX | 78 | 18 | 7.2 | $1.7M | +21.5% | #104 of 1,886 |
| 5Caldwell County, TX | 77 | 11 | 6.6 | $1.6M | +20.0% | #118 of 1,886 |
| 6Milam County, TX | 76 | 5 | 4.9 | $2.1M | +6.0% | #126 of 1,886 |
| 7Polk County, TX | 75 | 9 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +5.9% | #145 of 1,886 |
| 8Hill County, TX | 75 | 7 | 5.1 | $2M | +9.8% | #150 of 1,886 |
| 9Llano County, TX | 75 | 6 | 5.6 | $2M | +9.5% | #151 of 1,886 |
| 10Palo Pinto County, TX | 75 | 6 | 5.3 | $1.9M | +8.2% | #152 of 1,886 |
| 62Starr County, TX | 46 | 14 | 7.3 | $1.2M | +0.7% | #1,093 of 1,886 |
Other business types in Starr County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many dentists and orthodontists are in Starr County, TX?
There are 14 dentists and orthodontists on map listings in Starr County as of September 2026. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count dental practices, orthodontists included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as offices of dentists in 2023.
How much do households in Starr County, TX spend on medical and dental services?
About $16.3M a year, or $853 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 dentists and orthodontists on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only dentists and orthodontists. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,157 households in Starr County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Starr County, TX compare with the U.S. for dentists and orthodontists?
Starr County has 7.3 dentists and orthodontists per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 13.1. Spending per practice is $1.2M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $984K. At the national ratio of dentists and orthodontists to household spending, Starr County would have about 17, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,395 households, against one for every 952 across the U.S.
How fast is Starr County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Starr County at 66,319 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,157 households. The median household income in Starr County is $37,639 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Starr County scores 46 for dentists and orthodontists (lower middle), #1,093 of 1,886 scored counties.
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