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Grocery and convenience stores in Starr County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Starr County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,356 of 2,402 scored counties
#158 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 89
- 22 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $94.9M
- On groceries · $4,954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 69% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 46.5
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,319
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Starr County scores 11 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #2,356 of 2,402 scored counties and #158 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $4,954 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Starr County spend about $94.9M a year on groceries. That works out to $1.1M per store, 69% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Starr County has 89 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 22 are chain locations, or 25%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 46.5 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Starr County in 2023. That is one for every 871 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Starr County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
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 groceries by the grocery and convenience stores 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 | 46.5 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 871 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $4,954 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $37,639 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 576
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 76Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8922 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Comal County, TX | 96 | 100 | 14.0 | $4.8M | +27.9% | #8 of 2,402 |
| 2Rockwall County, TX | 94 | 53 | 12.9 | $5.6M | +28.9% | #19 of 2,402 |
| 3Denton County, TX | 93 | 422 | 11.7 | $5.9M | +16.9% | #23 of 2,402 |
| 4Williamson County, TX | 91 | 338 | 13.4 | $5.2M | +22.3% | #37 of 2,402 |
| 5Collin County, TX | 90 | 564 | 13.5 | $5.2M | +20.6% | #48 of 2,402 |
| 6Hays County, TX | 89 | 159 | 15.9 | $4M | +24.8% | #60 of 2,402 |
| 7Montgomery County, TX | 88 | 395 | 16.0 | $4.2M | +24.9% | #68 of 2,402 |
| 8Kendall County, TX | 88 | 37 | 20.9 | $3.3M | +19.6% | #71 of 2,402 |
| 9Parker County, TX | 87 | 99 | 17.5 | $3.8M | +23.5% | #84 of 2,402 |
| 10Guadalupe County, TX | 87 | 111 | 17.0 | $3.8M | +15.8% | #85 of 2,402 |
| 158Starr County, TX | 11 | 89 | 46.5 | $1.1M | +0.7% | #2,356 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Starr County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores11
- Grocery stores16
- Convenience stores11
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Starr County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 grocery and convenience stores in Starr County. 22 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 76 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Starr County, TX spend on groceries?
About $94.9M a year, or $4,954 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per store. 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 grocery and convenience stores?
Starr County has 46.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.1M, 69% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Starr County would have about 28, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 871 households, against one for every 1,293 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 11 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,356 of 2,402 scored counties.
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