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Friendswood city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Friendswood city is a Census city of 41,030 people across 20.61 square miles of land, lying across Galveston County and Harris County. Median household income is $126,508, 77.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 58 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $34.8 m.
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Friendswood
What Friendswood is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.61 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,991
- County holding the largest share of its areaGalveston County, 79.3 percent
- Counties this place lies inGalveston County 79.3 percent, Harris County 20.7 percent
Friendswood city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Friendswood
How many people live in Friendswood
- Population41,030
- Median age41.3
- Population under 1810,633
- Share under 1825.9 percent
- Population 65 and over6,684
- Share 65 and over16.3 percent
- Households14,948
- Family households11,042
- Share of households that are families73.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Friendswood
Income and work in Friendswood
- Median household income$126,508
- Per capita income$61,141
- Civilian labor force20,495
- Employed19,587
- Unemployed908 plus or minus 253
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over27,210
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Friendswood
Housing in Friendswood
- Housing units15,553
- Occupied units14,948
- Vacant units605 plus or minus 244
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Owner occupied11,543
- Renter occupied3,405
- Ownership rate77.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$420,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,688
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.0 percent
- Single family units13,207
- Share single family84.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,198 plus or minus 491
- Share in buildings of two or more14.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Mobile homes148 plus or minus 113
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Friendswood
How Friendswood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,876
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,297
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,552
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.6 percent
- Drove alone73.1 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home18.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Friendswood
SBA 7(a) lending to Friendswood borrowers
- Approvals58
- Gross approval$34,836,800
- Average approval$600,634
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,377,000
- Largest approval$4,750,000
- Jobs supported612
- Jobs per approval10.6
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full10
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans16.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more19.0 percent
- Share to franchises41.4 percent
- Distinct lenders30
- Distinct industries by NAICS34
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Friendswood
SBA 504 lending to Friendswood borrowers
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$7,626,000
- Average approval$847,333
- Median approval$701,000
- Largest approval$1,730,000
- Jobs supported87
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Friendswood
Flood programme status in Friendswood
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 5
- NFIP community number485468
- Currently effective map date08/15/19
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Galveston County, not Friendswood
Galveston County context, not Friendswood figures
These are Galveston County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Friendswood measurements.
- Establishments in Galveston County6,597
- Employment at those establishments, Galveston County95,225
- Covered employment, Galveston County122,734
- Average annual pay, Galveston County$62,650
- Average weekly wage, Galveston County$1,205
- Housing units permitted, Galveston County3,148
- Of those, single family, Galveston County3,148
- County product, 2024, Galveston County$26,336,617,000
- County product change over the prior year, Galveston County1.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Galveston County$77,613
Every figure in this section is published for Galveston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Friendswood. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Friendswood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Friendswood, Texas?
41,030, in 14,948 households. Friendswood city covers 20.61 square miles of land, which is 1,991 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Friendswood in?
Friendswood lies in more than one. By area it is 79.3 percent in Galveston County, 20.7 percent in Harris County. This page sits under Galveston County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Friendswood?
$126,508. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $420,100. Median gross rent is $1,688 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Friendswood businesses?
58 7(a) approvals totalling $34.8 m, across 30 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $7.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Friendswood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Friendswood borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 16.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Friendswood in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Friendswood appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485468, carrying Community Rating System class 5, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Friendswood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Galveston County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Friendswood.
Is zoning published for Friendswood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.