Home Value Trail

Starr County home price history and building permits

TexasRio Grande City-Roma, TX micropolitan area66,319 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA annual index 2003 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of
  • Permits through August 2026

The FHFA annual house price index for Starr County increased by 82.7% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 71.1%. From 2024 to 2025, the index increased by 21.3%.

2015

+82.7%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Starr County increased by 82.7%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.2%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Starr County+82.7%
Rio Grande City-Roma, TX+82.7%
Texas+88.2%
United States+85.0%
Starr County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 2003
  • Starr County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span
Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Starr County, 2003 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025218.16+21.3%
2024179.87−2.2%
2023183.98+8.4%
2022169.75+17.9%
2021143.94+12.9%
2020127.51+5.3%
2019121.12−5.1%
2018127.62+6.4%
2017119.95+4.0%
2016115.37−3.4%
2015119.39+7.8%
2014110.79−4.5%
2013115.98+2.7%
2012112.91+11.1%
2011101.61−16.1%
2010121.04+12.8%
2009107.32−2.7%
2008110.34−2.6%
2007113.25+6.1%
2006106.70+2.6%
2005104.02+7.6%
200496.69−3.3%
2003100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Starr County. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Starr County and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Starr County+21.3%+71.1%+82.7%+109.7%n/a+6.2%
Rio Grande City-Roma, TX+21.3%+71.1%+82.7%+109.7%n/a+6.2%
Texas+0.8%+43.5%+88.2%+147.8%+195.2%+6.5%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years. "n/a": the area has no index value for one of the two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

Drawdowns of the index of Starr County, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
20102011−16.1%2018
20072009−5.2%2010
20182019−5.1%2021

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Starr County in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
2010s2010 to 2020+5.3%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+71.1%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (2003 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Starr County authorized 0 housing units. That is 0.0 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in Starr County, by month, Sep 2021 to Aug 2026
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026000
Jul 2026000
Jun 2026000
May 2026000
Apr 2026000
Mar 2026000
Feb 2026000
Jan 2026000
Dec 2025000
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Jul 2023000
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May 2023000
Apr 2023000
Mar 2023000
Feb 2023000
Jan 2023000
Dec 2022000
Nov 2022000
Oct 2022303
Sep 2022000
Aug 2022000
Jul 2022000
Jun 2022000
May 2022413
Apr 2022110
Mar 2022000
Feb 2022000
Jan 2022000
Dec 2021000
Nov 2021000
Oct 2021000
Sep 2021000
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in Starr County, by year, 1995 to 2025
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
2025000
2024000
2023000
2022000
2021413
2020110
2019330
2018202
2017202
2016440
2015963
2014000
2013000
2012000
2011000
2010000
2009000
2008000
2007000
2006000
2005000
2004000
2003000
2002000
2001000
2000000
1999000
1998000
1997000
1996000
1995000
Building permits in the 12 months to August 2026: Starr County, the state and the nation
FigureStarr CountyTexasUnited States
Housing units authorized0194,1501,418,086
Units for each 1,000 residents0.06.14.1
Share in buildings with 1 unitn/a70%63%
Change from the 12 months beforen/a−10.8%−0.1%
Units authorized from 1995255,276,89543,082,761

A permit authorizes construction. It does not show that the work started or that it is complete. Residents: Census Bureau estimate for 2025.

ZIP Codes in Starr County

ZIP Codes of Starr County with an FHFA index, in ZIP Code order
ZIP CodePlace1 year5 years10 yearsNewest year
78582Rio Grande City+13.1%+74.2%+90.4%2025

Each change ends in the newest year of that ZIP Code's index. All ZIP Codes of Starr County as a CSV file

Median home value of the area, ACS 2020-2024

The American Community Survey (ACS) asks owners what their home would sell for. The table gives the middle of these answers for each area, over the 5 years 2020-2024. It is an estimate for the area. It is not the value of one home and it is not an FHFA figure.

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, Starr County and the areas above it: ACS 5-year estimate 2020-2024, with margin of error
AreaMedian valueMargin of error
Starr County$95,100±$7,540
Texas$283,800±$738
United States$332,700±$236

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, table B25077.

The Census Bureau defines the value: Value is the respondent's estimate of how much the property (house and lot, mobile home and lot (if lot owned), or condominium unit) would sell for if it were for sale.

It says about the margin of error: The MOEs for published ACS estimates are provided at a 90 percent confidence level. A value of "$2,000,000 or more" is the top group, with no margin. See the glossary. The site copied these texts on .

Agency pages

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Starr County, TX home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/county/tx/starr/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for counties (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for counties, all transactions, 2003 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for CBSAs, states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county and place files through August 2026.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.
ZIP Codes and metro area
US Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA to county relationship file, and the OMB delineation of July 2023.
Median value
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, table B25077.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Starr County?
The largest increase in one year was 21.3%, from 2024 to 2025. The largest decrease in one year was 16.1%, from 2010 to 2011.
How did the index for Starr County change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Starr County increased by 109.7%. In the same years, the index for the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX area increased by 109.7%. In the same years, the index for Texas increased by 147.8%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Starr County?
The index is 100 in 2003, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 218.16, in 2025.
How many ZIP Codes and cities of Starr County have a page?
1 ZIP Code of the county has an FHFA index and a page. 0 places with building permits have a page.