GoshenCA
A town of 5,136, settled in 1880.
Is Goshen a good place to live?
Goshen grades D overall, 648th of 841 graded towns in California, mostly because of incomes and health. The median household income is $73K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. Residents are less healthy than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What it does well: its schools outperform 54% of the state's. Goshen’s typical July afternoon high is 98°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. On hazard risk, just 57 of California’s 1,064 towns do better.
Goshen has grown 65% from 2010 to 2020
3,006 counted in 2010 and 4,968 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Goshen grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Goshen is from typical.
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Moving to Goshen: who provides what
Goshen is unincorporated, so Tulare County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Goshen.
Goshen carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly inland flooding) and has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
A smaller share of adults had a checkup this year in Goshen than in most of California or the rest of the country
For adults in Goshen, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 32%. The town does better than the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 17.
| Goshen | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 64% | 72% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Goshen | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.6% | 6.4% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 16.3% | 20.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 23.3% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Goshen earns a B− for schools
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Visalia Unified school district. 549 students attend Goshen’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 549 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Goshen has mild winters and hot summers
The Visalia weather station, 7 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 328 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 97.6°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 38.5°.
For Goshen, the January low is 39°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Goshen’s working residents commute to Visalia
The average commute for its 1,602 working residents takes 21.6 minutes, against 28.7 across California. Jobs based here grew from 734 in 2013 to 1,981.
The top destinations are Visalia (35%), Fresno (6%) and Tulare (4%). Since 2013, Goshen has added 1,247 jobs, to 1,981 in 2023. The mean commuting time here is 22 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles.
| Goshen | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Goshen, mostly inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of California towns; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
Goshen’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 48 of 100. Expected losses in Goshen break down as 43% from inland flooding and 34% from earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Goshen keeps 1.1% of its land conserved
Walkers can cover 0.8 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density for Goshen comes to 0.3 miles per square mile. One park or preserve covers 7 acres here.
| Goshen | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peter Malloch Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Goshen sells for about $390K at the median
The median property tax bill is $2,067, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Homes sold in Goshen spent a median 54 days on the market. The share of households in Goshen who own their home: 51%. 63% of the homes sold in Goshen went for more than their asking price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Goshen
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Goshen
About 5 of every 100 Goshen residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Goshen
Place in California, United States
Goshen is a census-designated place (CDP) near Visalia, in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was at 4,968 in the 2020 census, up from the 3,006 in the 2010 census. Until the twentieth century, Goshen was an island in a marsh at the edge of Tulare Lake, formerly the largest freshwater lake west of the Great Lakes until drained.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 285 ft
- ZIP code
- 93227
- Area code
- 559
Goshen’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Goshen.
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Questions about Goshen
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Goshen, CA a good place to live?
Goshen grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #648 of 841 in California. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Goshen, CA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $289,000, 62% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.