The Upper Gulf Coast is generally used to refer to the Houston area and its surrounding counties, with a distinct climate and demography from the coastal counties of East and South Texas. A combined approximately 100,000 acres were listed for sale in Texas's Austin County recently; the combined value of all Austin County farms and ranches for sale was almost $479 million. Austin County ranks 78th out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. There were three properties listed as sold in Austin County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $3,360,000. Sealy featured the most land for sale. From an economic perspective, manufacturing and related services are the main sectors in Austin County. Austin County is the 229th biggest county (656 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the Houston Texas region of the state.