Freeport, Texas.
Typical home $153,805 (+1.3% in a year), asking rent $1,335 . Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$320 (+66%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,019 +1%
- $151,786$153,805 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $2,222 +1%
- $151,583$153,805 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Freeport$807
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Freeport, TX rose 1.3% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas
Freeport is a city of 10,696 people in Brazoria County. Half its households earn more than $61,134 a year and half less, against $97,993 across Brazoria County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 59% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 41% are rented. Unemployment in Brazoria County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Freeport is a city on the Texas Gulf Coast in Brazoria County, home to a fairly young population compared with much of the country. Incomes here run well below the county's, and more people live below the poverty line than most would expect in a county this size. A majority of homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values and rents are modest. Few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, manufacturing, and professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in Freeport are Dow, Olin and Turner Industries Group, reflecting the town's long tie to chemicals and heavy industry. Unemployment across Brazoria County is unchanged from a year ago, and the county has added a few more jobs over the past year. The typical commute is moderate, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. The Brazos River and Oyster Creek are both a short drive away, good for time on the water, and Hopper Field, a stadium, is in or beside town. For a longer drive, Follets Island offers a beach and San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area. Winters are mild with little or no snow, summers are hot, and the year brings a lot of rain.
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- 3,877households
- 7%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Brazoria County had 124,808 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 64° and lows near 46°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 78°. About 50 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Freeport Northwest weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Freeport
- DowAcyclic hydrocarbons made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons3,844
- OlinAlkalies manufacturing1,019
- Turner Industries GroupOther heavy and civil engineering const463
- BrandSafway LLC - Dow Chemicals - FreeportSpecialty trade contractor323
- Brock ServicesMulti craft193
- APS StevedoringStevedoring services128
- Turner Specialty ServicesAll other specialty trade contractors84
- Turner Fabrication Shop FreeportOther heavy and civil engineering const63
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,379 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Freeport’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Brazoria County and the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
Freeport home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Freeport$153,805
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Freeport listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Freeport17.94%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Freeport61
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Freeport9
Zip codes with a Freeport address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Freeport — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.