Joshua vs Venus

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

Joshua and Venus 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 5,874 in Venus). Venus has the higher median household income ($97,039 vs $60,466 in Joshua). Joshua has the higher median home value ($271,000 vs $253,500 in Venus).

Population, income & housing

	Joshua	Venus
Population	8,279	5,874
Median age	36.6 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,466	$97,039
Median home value	$271,000	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,286	$2,042
Housing units	3,320	1,586
Homeownership rate	58.0%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joshua	Venus
Population	7,477 → 8,279 (+10.7%)	3,692 → 5,874 (+59.1%)
Median household income	$57,042 → $60,466 (+6.0%)	$68,125 → $97,039 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $271,000 (+48.9%)	$145,200 → $253,500 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,286 (+29.8%)	$906 → $2,042 (+125.4%)

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

Venus

Population

3,6925,874

Median household income

$68,125$97,039

Median home value

$145,200$253,500

Median gross rent

$906$2,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joshua	Venus
Under 5	3.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	24.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	21.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	3.5%
75 and over	4.1%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joshua	Venus
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	51.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joshua	Venus
No high school diploma	14.2%	13.1%
High school graduate	20.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joshua	Venus
Drove alone	86.3%	82.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joshua	Venus
1-unit, detached	63.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Joshua	Venus
Poverty rate	18.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.70	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1993	2014