Matagorda County, Texas
Sargent Real Estate and Local Guide
Sargent is an unincorporated Gulf Coast fishing and boating community whose population swells with weekend visitors from Houston, Austin, and San Antonio.
Living in Sargent
Sargent Beach has one of the highest erosion rates on the Texas coast, prompting an eight-mile Army Corps granite revetment built in the 1990s. Source: baycitytribune.com
IncomeAbout $53,143 median household
EducationAbout 35.4% hold a bachelor's or higher
CountyMatagorda County
Homes in Sargent
Median home valueAbout $169,200
- About 93% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, very high and consistent with a second-home and weekend community.
- Roughly 85% of housing units are single-family homes, many of them waterfront properties with private piers.
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Sargent home
FM 457 swing bridge
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Swing bridge carrying the main road over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway into the beach community
Mitchell's Cut
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Natural pass giving boaters direct access to the Gulf of Mexico
Sargent Fishing Pier
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Public fishing pier completed in 2017 and locally nicknamed Little Stubby
Sargent Beach
Source: baycitytribune.com
Gulf of Mexico beachfront protected by an eight-mile granite revetment