Best PlacesJoshua, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Joshua, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Joshua ranks 17,590th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Joshua
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Joshua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Joshua ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where Joshua ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Joshua
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Joshua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,078, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Joshua's effective rate of 1.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Joshua
Joshua runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Joshua.
Who works in Joshua, and how
Work in Joshua centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Joshua
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Joshua.
What the weather is like in Joshua, month by month
Joshua sees roughly 169 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 56° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Joshua
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 37 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Joshua
Schools across Joshua average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Joshua ElA · 67% proficient
- A G Elder ElB · 46% proficient
- Plum Creek ElB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- R C Loflin MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Ad Wheat MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Cleburne H SB · 46% proficient
- Joshua H SB− · 40% proficient
- Godley H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Joshua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Joshua measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Joshua against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Joshua suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Joshua
Is Joshua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Joshua ranks 17,590th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on thin health care access and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Joshua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,141. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $82,078 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Joshua safe?
Joshua is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Joshua?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 37. That works out to about 169 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of towns.
Is Joshua good for families?
Schools beat 59% of towns, crime safety beats 51%, and childcare runs $863 a month.
Compare Joshua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Joshua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Joshua represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Joshua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Joshua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Joshua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Joshua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Joshua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Joshua detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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