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 around 10,000 acres were listed for sale in Texas's Wharton County recently; the value of all Wharton County farms, ranches, and rural real estate for sale was approximately $204 million. Wharton County ranks 98th out of 254 counties in Texas for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. There were four properties listed as sold in Wharton County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $3,456,600. Wharton featured the most land for sale. Wharton County is Texas's 55th biggest county (1,094 square miles). It's located in the Coastal Prairie Middle Texas region of the state.