Starr County vs Van Zandt County

A side-by-side comparison of Starr County and Van Zandt County: population, income, housing, and more.

Starr County and Van Zandt County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Starr County has the higher population (65,809 vs 61,323 in Van Zandt County). Van Zandt County has the higher median household income ($68,274 vs $38,182 in Starr County). Van Zandt County has the higher median home value ($199,500 vs $93,300 in Starr County).

Population, income & housing

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
Population	65,809	61,323
Median age	29.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,182	$68,274
Median home value	$93,300	$199,500
Median gross rent	$715	$1,010
Housing units	23,008	25,708
Homeownership rate	71.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
Population	64,078 → 65,809 (+2.7%)	55,103 → 61,323 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$30,387 → $38,182 (+25.7%)	$54,654 → $68,274 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $93,300 (+29.8%)	$132,300 → $199,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $715 (+21.6%)	$836 → $1,010 (+20.8%)

Starr County

Population

64,07865,809

Median household income

$30,387$38,182

Median home value

$71,900$93,300

Median gross rent

$588$715

Van Zandt County

Population

55,10361,323

Median household income

$54,654$68,274

Median home value

$132,300$199,500

Median gross rent

$836$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
Under 5	9.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.8%
75 and over	4.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	97.3%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
No high school diploma	39.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
Drove alone	71.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	14.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
1-unit, detached	79.8%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Starr County	Van Zandt County
Poverty rate	33.5%	11.5%
Average household size	3.49	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1993	1991