Starr County Has Sunk in Property Ownership by 1.5%, As Reported in the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Starr County, TX

The 2010 Census reports Starr County, Texas decreased in total real estate dwellings by 1,937, or 11%, since 2000. During the same period, the State of Texas increased in total housing units by 1,819,861, or 18%.

Compared against the United States, Starr County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 2,525, or 12.9%, of properties are currently vacant in Starr County, Texas. Among these 2,525 vacant housing units, 5.0% are on the real estate market to be sold, while 13.6% are trying to be rented.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Starr County have decreased by 1.5%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 13,258 (78.0%) residential properties occupied by owner, while 3,743 (22.0%) housing units were leased. Starr County has a smaller portion of units rented than the State of Texas, which reportedly had 36.3% of the housing units occupied by renters.

When compared to all counties across the US, Starr County has a very high level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 96.2% are minority-owned in Starr County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Texas 39.6% of residential housing units are owned by minorities.

Hispanic is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Starr County. 71.4% the Hispanic Census group reportedly were renters in 2010.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Starr County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,806 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Starr County, TX

In Starr County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 1,806 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Of the 49 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 26 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 22 industries reported employment loss in the period.

The home health care services industry has added the most employment with 884 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in home health care services makes up 43.8% percent of the growth in Starr County, Texas for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Home health care services (+884)
2. Justice, public order, and safety activities (+182)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (+147)
4. Executive, legislative and general government (+139)
5. Limitedservice eating places (+105)

The other general merchandise stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 443 jobs in that time period. The declines in other general merchandise stores make up 33.0% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Starr County, Texas between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (-443)
2. Grocery stores (-334)
3. Automobile dealers (-145)
4. Fullservice restaurants (-90)
5. Vegetable and melon farming (-66)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).