Joaquin vs Tenaha

A side-by-side comparison of Joaquin and Tenaha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tenaha has the higher population (1,098 vs 688 in Joaquin). Joaquin has the higher median household income ($34,659 vs $30,484 in Tenaha). Tenaha has the higher median home value ($91,900 vs $59,200 in Joaquin).

Population, income & housing

	Joaquin	Tenaha
Population	688	1,098
Median age	41.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,659	$30,484
Median home value	$59,200	$91,900
Median gross rent	$750	$549
Housing units	360	460
Homeownership rate	68.9%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joaquin	Tenaha
Population	1,014 → 688 (-32.1%)	1,198 → 1,098 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$38,819 → $34,659 (-10.7%)	$24,485 → $30,484 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $59,200 (-8.9%)	$65,600 → $91,900 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $750 (+21.4%)	$438 → $549 (+25.3%)

Joaquin

Population

1,014688

Median household income

$38,819$34,659

Median home value

$65,000$59,200

Median gross rent

$618$750

Tenaha

Population

1,1981,098

Median household income

$24,485$30,484

Median home value

$65,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$438$549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joaquin	Tenaha
Under 5	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	28.6%
18 to 24	14.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.7%
75 and over	10.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joaquin	Tenaha
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	17.3%
Black or African American	14.7%	48.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joaquin	Tenaha
No high school diploma	28.9%	31.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joaquin	Tenaha
Drove alone	86.6%	61.3%
Carpooled	13.1%	33.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joaquin	Tenaha
1-unit, detached	60.6%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	35.9%

Poverty & households

	Joaquin	Tenaha
Poverty rate	22.5%	41.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1977	1983