The Homesteads vs Venus

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

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

Venus has the higher population (5,874 vs 3,113 in The Homesteads). Venus has the higher median household income ($97,039 vs $64,037 in The Homesteads). Venus has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $112,100 in The Homesteads).

Population, income & housing

	The Homesteads	Venus
Population	3,113	5,874
Median age	38.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,037	$97,039
Median home value	$112,100	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,107	$2,042
Housing units	1,022	1,586
Homeownership rate	79.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	The Homesteads	Venus
Population	3,333 → 3,113 (-6.6%)	3,692 → 5,874 (+59.1%)
Median household income	$53,971 → $64,037 (+18.7%)	$68,125 → $97,039 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$72,000 → $112,100 (+55.7%)	$145,200 → $253,500 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,107 (-24.3%)	$906 → $2,042 (+125.4%)

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

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)

	The Homesteads	Venus
Under 5	5.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	21.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	3.5%
75 and over	5.2%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	The Homesteads	Venus
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	51.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	66.8%	28.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	The Homesteads	Venus
No high school diploma	43.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	The Homesteads	Venus
Drove alone	89.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	The Homesteads	Venus
1-unit, detached	22.7%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	77.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	The Homesteads	Venus
Poverty rate	29.8%	8.8%
Average household size	3.82	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1999	2014