Joshua vs The Homesteads

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

Joshua and The Homesteads 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 3,113 in The Homesteads). The Homesteads has the higher median household income ($64,037 vs $60,466 in Joshua). Joshua has the higher median home value ($271,000 vs $112,100 in The Homesteads).

Population, income & housing

	Joshua	The Homesteads
Population	8,279	3,113
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,466	$64,037
Median home value	$271,000	$112,100
Median gross rent	$1,286	$1,107
Housing units	3,320	1,022
Homeownership rate	58.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joshua	The Homesteads
Population	7,477 → 8,279 (+10.7%)	3,333 → 3,113 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$57,042 → $60,466 (+6.0%)	$53,971 → $64,037 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)	$72,000 → $112,100 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,286 (+29.8%)	$1,462 → $1,107 (-24.3%)

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

The Homesteads

Population

3,3333,113

Median household income

$53,971$64,037

Median home value

$72,000$112,100

Median gross rent

$1,462$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joshua	The Homesteads
Under 5	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.2%
75 and over	4.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joshua	The Homesteads
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	32.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joshua	The Homesteads
No high school diploma	14.2%	43.1%
High school graduate	20.3%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joshua	The Homesteads
Drove alone	86.3%	89.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joshua	The Homesteads
1-unit, detached	63.3%	22.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	77.3%

Poverty & households

	Joshua	The Homesteads
Poverty rate	18.7%	29.8%
Average household size	2.70	3.82
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1993	1999