Joshua is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 9,146 people and four associated neighborhoods, Joshua is the 293rd largest community in Texas.
Joshua real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Joshua house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that Joshua has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.32% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Joshua is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Joshua, the average commute to work is 32.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Joshua does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Joshua is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.82% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Joshua in 2022 was $34,394, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,576 for a family of four. However, Joshua contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Joshua is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Joshua home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Joshua residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Joshua also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.74% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Joshua include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Joshua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.