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.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.32% 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.
In Joshua, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.30 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Joshua is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Joshua who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.82% of adults in Joshua 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.