Son's Chapel · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Goshen’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Goshen A; getting around on foot earns it D. Below the poverty line: 1.7% of residents, against 16.0% across Arkansas. For 17% of workers, the job is at home, where Arkansas as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Goshen at work: what stands out
41% of Goshen works in Fayetteville
395 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Fayetteville, 9.5 miles away. That’s 41 times as many as work in Goshen itself. The commute map ↓
Goshen is a place people come home to
There are 157 jobs based in Goshen, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Goshen has about 1,600 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Goshen workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 973 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Goshen
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Goshen is better than 94% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Goshen could be anywhere from A− to A+.
41% of working residents work in Fayetteville
Where Goshen clocks in
41% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who leaves Goshen for work, and who comes in
On a workday 966 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Goshen on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Goshen: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goshen workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 816 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Goshen, 54% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
157 jobs are based in Goshen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 157. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goshen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Goshen
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Goshen walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Goshen is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Goshen near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 986 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Goshen households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goshen’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Goshen ranks: 224th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Oak Grove WI | 2,561 | $153K | 4.0% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| 223 | Eaton WI | 1,706 | $113K | 3.6% | 4.3% | 2% | A |
| 224 | Goshen AR | 2,405 | $150K | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 225 | Oronoco MN | 2,043 | $158K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 226 | Dalworthington Gardens TX | 2,276 | $139K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Salem AR | 2,642 | $74K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 572 | Elm Springs AR | 2,852 | $132K | 11.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Goshen, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Goshen: questions
What is the median household income in Goshen?
$150,074 (±$51,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goshen?
1.7%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goshen?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goshen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (41%, 10 mi), Springdale (18%, 10 mi), Bentonville (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Goshen walkable?
Goshen is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goshen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goshen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goshen
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.