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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Venus, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Venus, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Venus’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Venus does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $106,023.00.
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.
As is often the case in a small town, Venus doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Venus who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.21% of adults in Venus 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.