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Las Lomas, Texas.

A community in Starr County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Starr County’s.

Living in Las Lomas, Starr County, Texas

Las Lomas, in Starr County, had 3,054 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Starr County was 9.4% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Starr County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 3,054 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Las Lomas for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 9.4% Starr County, August 2026; 9.7% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Las Lomas for the Census survey to measure.
  • 763households
  • 1%of adults have a degree
  • 7%work from home

What people in Starr County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care36%
  • Building trades12%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Government8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Starr County had 15,052 jobs in 2025, 2.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 45°; warmest in August, 99° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 45° F M A M J J A 99° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 45°; warmest in August, 99° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 45° F M A M J J A 99° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 71° and lows near 45°; warmest in August, with highs near 99° and lows near 75°. About 22 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rio Grande City weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Starr County

  1. RIO Grande City Grulla ISDSchool district1,935FTE
  2. Roma ISDSchool district1,087FTE
  3. H-E-BRetail324
  4. Starr County Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital290FTE
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters264
  6. Rio Grande City Nursing and Rehabilitation115
  7. Starr County Nursing and Transitional Care115
  8. Southwest Valley Constructors CoCommercial building construction general contractors83

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,005 people in all across the county; Las Lomas has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesVery high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  3. HailRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  6. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Las Lomas’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Starr County.