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Medical and dental practices in Starr County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for medical and dental practices in Starr County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,569 of 2,394 scored counties
#116 of 160 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 75
- 15 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- −2.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $16.3M
- On medical and dental services · $853 a household
- Spending per listing
- $218K
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.2
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,319
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
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 is about $218K of household spending for each practice on map listings, 43% above the U.S. figure of $152K.
Starr County has 75 medical and dental practices on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 11% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 39.2, 54% below the U.S. rate of 84.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in Starr County was 40 in 2023, down 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 479 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. Official counts list 34 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers 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 medical and dental practices, Starr County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,569 of 2,394 scored counties and #116 of 160 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 medical and dental practices 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 | 39.2 | 82.6 | 84.5 |
| Spending per listing | $218K | $141K | $152K |
| Households per official establishment | 479 | 252 | 270 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.4% | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 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 | 42 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 41 → 40−2.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 306
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7515 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 107The 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 physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers 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 | 87 | 65 | 37.7 | $344K | +22.6% | #22 of 2,394 |
| 2Burleson County, TX | 86 | 13 | 16.5 | $661K | +16.2% | #25 of 2,394 |
| 3Grimes County, TX | 85 | 15 | 14.6 | $720K | +16.3% | #30 of 2,394 |
| 4Waller County, TX | 85 | 36 | 19.6 | $616K | +21.9% | #31 of 2,394 |
| 5Rains County, TX | 84 | 10 | 20.6 | $525K | +11.2% | #46 of 2,394 |
| 6Bandera County, TX | 83 | 25 | 27.0 | $408K | +9.0% | #62 of 2,394 |
| 7Milam County, TX | 82 | 14 | 13.8 | $757K | +6.0% | #69 of 2,394 |
| 8Upshur County, TX | 81 | 26 | 16.7 | $616K | +8.2% | #81 of 2,394 |
| 9Gaines County, TX | 81 | 18 | 26.0 | $430K | +10.4% | #84 of 2,394 |
| 10Blanco County, TX | 81 | 21 | 40.7 | $297K | +18.6% | #92 of 2,394 |
| 116Starr County, TX | 42 | 75 | 39.2 | $218K | +0.7% | #1,569 of 2,394 |
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
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
- Doctors, dentists and clinics42
- Dentists and orthodontists46
- Primary care and pediatrics24
- Urgent care and walk-in clinics
- Chiropractors
- Physical therapy17
- Optometrists and eye care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many medical and dental practices are in Starr County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 75 medical and dental practices in Starr County. 15 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count every outpatient clinic and practice, and urgent care. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as offices of physicians, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists and therapists, and urgent care centers in 2023, down 2.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
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 75 medical and dental practices on map listings, it comes to $218K per practice. 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 medical and dental practices?
Starr County has 39.2 medical and dental practices per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 84.5. Spending per practice is $218K, 43% above the U.S. figure of $152K. At the U.S. ratio of medical and dental practices to household spending, Starr County would have about 107, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 479 households, against one for every 270 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for 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 42 for medical and dental practices (lower middle), #1,569 of 2,394 scored counties.
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