Venus is a somewhat small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 8,209 people and two associated neighborhoods, Venus is the 421st largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Venus was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Venus economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Venus, where the median household income is $106,023.00.Unlike some towns, Venus isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Venus are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Venus is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Venus who work in office and administrative support (11.84%), teaching (10.01%), and sales jobs (8.19%). Also of interest is that Venus has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.32% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Venus, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.89 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Venus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Venus is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.21% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Venus in 2022 was $28,360, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,440 for a family of four. However, Venus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Venus is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Venus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Venus residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Venus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.61% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Venus include English, German, Irish, Polish, and Brazilian. The most common language spoken in Venus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
