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. The overall value of land and rural real estate for sale in Austin County, Texas, recently on Land.com was nearly $472 million. This represents approximately 100,000 acres of farms, ranches, and rural real estate for sale in Austin County. Austin County ranks 74th out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State for the total acreage 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 $1,000,250. Among cities in Austin County with farms and ranches for sale, Sealy had the most land for sale. From an economic perspective, manufacturing and related services are the main sectors in Austin County. Austin County is Texas's 229th largest county (656 square miles). It's located in the Houston Texas region of Texas.