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Insurance agencies in Starr County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Starr County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,516 of 2,272 scored counties
#133 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 50
- 21 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $43.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,285 a household
- Spending per listing
- $876K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.1
- 67% above 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 50 insurance agencies in Starr County. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 42%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 26.1 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Starr County spend about $43.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,285 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $876K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Starr County in 2023. That is one for every 1,197 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Starr County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Starr County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,516 of 2,272 scored counties and #133 of 156 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 vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies 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 | 26.1 | 20.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $876K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,197 | 900 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,285 | $2,466 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $37,639 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5021 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 insurance agencies and brokerages 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 96 | 11 | 6.0 | $4.8M | +21.9% | #7 of 2,272 |
| 2Bandera County, TX | 95 | 7 | 7.6 | $3.7M | +9.0% | #18 of 2,272 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 93 | 19 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +22.6% | #29 of 2,272 |
| 4Grimes County, TX | 92 | 8 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +16.3% | #31 of 2,272 |
| 5Caldwell County, TX | 92 | 16 | 9.6 | $2.9M | +20.0% | #37 of 2,272 |
| 6Bastrop County, TX | 92 | 40 | 10.8 | $2.6M | +21.3% | #39 of 2,272 |
| 7Blanco County, TX | 89 | 6 | 11.6 | $2.4M | +18.6% | #77 of 2,272 |
| 8Coryell County, TX | 84 | 20 | 7.4 | $3.4M | +3.0% | #138 of 2,272 |
| 9Wilson County, TX | 83 | 22 | 12.1 | $2.5M | +12.2% | #165 of 2,272 |
| 10Guadalupe County, TX | 83 | 76 | 11.6 | $2.4M | +15.8% | #168 of 2,272 |
| 133Starr County, TX | 39 | 50 | 26.1 | $876K | +0.7% | #1,516 of 2,272 |
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 insurance agencies are in Starr County, TX?
There are 50 insurance agencies on map listings in Starr County as of September 2026. 21 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Starr County, TX spend on vehicle insurance?
About $43.8M a year, or $2,285 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $876K per agency. 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 insurance agencies?
Starr County has 26.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $876K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Starr County would have about 35, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,197 households, against one for every 966 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 39 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,516 of 2,272 scored counties.
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