Alvarado vs Joshua

A side-by-side comparison of Alvarado and Joshua: population, income, housing, and more.

Alvarado and Joshua are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Joshua has the higher population (8,279 vs 5,424 in Alvarado). Alvarado has the higher median household income ($71,296 vs $60,466 in Joshua). Joshua has the higher median home value ($271,000 vs $206,800 in Alvarado).

Population, income & housing

	Alvarado	Joshua
Population	5,424	8,279
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,296	$60,466
Median home value	$206,800	$271,000
Median gross rent	$854	$1,286
Housing units	1,898	3,320
Homeownership rate	64.2%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alvarado	Joshua
Population	4,156 → 5,424 (+30.5%)	7,477 → 8,279 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$57,697 → $71,296 (+23.6%)	$57,042 → $60,466 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $206,800 (+85.0%)	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $854 (-1.5%)	$991 → $1,286 (+29.8%)

Alvarado

Population

4,1565,424

Median household income

$57,697$71,296

Median home value

$111,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$867$854

Joshua

Population

7,4778,279

Median household income

$57,042$60,466

Median home value

$182,000$271,000

Median gross rent

$991$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alvarado	Joshua
Under 5	8.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	24.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.1%
75 and over	3.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alvarado	Joshua
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	78.2%
Black or African American	7.6%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alvarado	Joshua
No high school diploma	24.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	44.5%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alvarado	Joshua
Drove alone	86.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.5%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alvarado	Joshua
1-unit, detached	71.5%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	5.8%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Alvarado	Joshua
Poverty rate	10.3%	18.7%
Average household size	3.22	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1986	1993