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. Ranked Realty pairs verified local data with the agents who know Sargent best.
About the area
Living in Sargent, TX
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.
The housing market
Homes in Sargent
- 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.
- The median home value is about $169,200.
Landmarks and lifestyle
What makes Sargent home
FM 457 swing bridge
Swing bridge carrying the main road over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway into the beach community
Mitchell's Cut
Natural pass giving boaters direct access to the Gulf of Mexico
Sargent Fishing Pier
Public fishing pier completed in 2017 and locally nicknamed Little Stubby
Sargent Beach
Gulf of Mexico beachfront protected by an eight-mile granite revetment
Neighborhoods
Sargent areas to know
Caney Creek Estates
Waterfront subdivision along Caney Creek
Downey's Caney Creek
Mid-20th-century canal-front subdivision
Caney Creek Haven
Waterfront subdivision with private piers and docks
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Local facts on this page are verified against public sources as part of the AppWT local-data project. Data reflects the most recent available figures.