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- Labor Force & Economic Base
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- Financial Status
- Top Non-Residential Taxpayers
Labor Force & Economic Base
- Labor Pool: Ages 18 to 65
- Friendswood: 20,581
- Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown: 3,487,842
- Employment by occupation
- 48% Managerial/Professional
- 10% Service Occupations
- 26% Sales and Office
- 8% Construction/Maintenance
- 8% Production/Transportation
Bay Area Predominant Business Categories
- Aerospace and Aviation
- Information Technology
- Maritime
- Medical and Life Sciences
- Specialty Chemicals
- Tourism
Top Employers
- Atria Assisted Living and Memory Care
- City of Friendswood
- Clear Creek Independent School District (ISD)
- Friendship Haven Healthcare and Rehabilitation
- Friendswood ISD
- H.E. Butt Grocery Company
- Highpoint Insurance Group
- Kroger Texas, LP
- McDonalds
- U.S. Post Office
- UTMB
Financial Status
- City Bond Rating:
- "AA+" on GO Bonds
- "AA-" on Revenue Bonds from Standard and Poor’s
- Tax Year 2020:
- Assessed property value: $4,904,937,212
- Net taxable value: $3,918,863,732
- Annual sales tax revenue in Fiscal Year 2018 to 2019: $8,906,641
- Projected Fiscal Year 2019 to 2020 sales tax revenue: $9,309,003
- City property tax rate: $0.487314
- 8.25% total sales tax rate (6.25% State and 2% City)
Top Non-Residential Taxpayers
- A-S 108 Friendswood Crossing Shopping Center
- Bay Meadows LLP
- Bellevue at Clear Creek - Skyhawk Apartments
- Farm to Market Road 528 Bay Area Boulevard LP
- H.E. Butt Grocery Company
- Kroger Company
- Reserve at Autumn Creek LTD
- Texas-New Mexico Power Company
- Timber Creek Holdings LP