Cleburne vs Joshua

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

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

Cleburne has the higher population (32,966 vs 8,279 in Joshua). Cleburne has the higher median household income ($66,324 vs $60,466 in Joshua). Joshua has the higher median home value ($271,000 vs $200,900 in Cleburne).

Population, income & housing

	Cleburne	Joshua
Population	32,966	8,279
Median age	35.0 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,324	$60,466
Median home value	$200,900	$271,000
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,286
Housing units	12,232	3,320
Homeownership rate	58.6%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleburne	Joshua
Population	30,289 → 32,966 (+8.8%)	7,477 → 8,279 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$50,848 → $66,324 (+30.4%)	$57,042 → $60,466 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $200,900 (+78.3%)	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,283 (+35.5%)	$991 → $1,286 (+29.8%)

Cleburne

Population

30,28932,966

Median household income

$50,848$66,324

Median home value

$112,700$200,900

Median gross rent

$947$1,283

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)

	Cleburne	Joshua
Under 5	8.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	24.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.1%
75 and over	7.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleburne	Joshua
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	78.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.5%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleburne	Joshua
No high school diploma	15.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleburne	Joshua
Drove alone	86.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleburne	Joshua
1-unit, detached	71.2%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Cleburne	Joshua
Poverty rate	12.0%	18.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1981	1993