More people are out of work in Goshen (8.0%) than in 88% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Goshen is behind 53% of U.S. towns. Goshen grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Home is the office for 9% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Goshen in brief
Jobs in Goshen have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Goshen went from 734 in 2013 to 1,981 in 2023, +170%. The jobs ↓
Goshen makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Goshen are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Goshen residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Goshen and Visalia trade workers both ways
Visalia is the top workplace for Goshen residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Goshen come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Goshen are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Goshen pay better than its residents’ jobs
69% of the jobs based in Goshen pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Goshen residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Goshen. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Goshen’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Goshen is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #688 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Goshen’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Goshen could be anywhere from D to B−.
Goods jobs make up 59% of work in Goshen
1,981 jobs are based in Goshen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 734 → 1,981. 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.
35% of working residents work in Visalia
Where Goshen clocks in
35% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Goshen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goshen workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,798 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily commute in and out of Goshen
On a workday 1,509 residents head out to work, 93 work right here, and 1,888 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Goshen
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The commute in Goshen is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Goshen is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #819 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,976 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). 2.2% of Goshen households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goshen’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900, Goshen comes 2,867th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,865 | Anamosa IA | 5,901 | $61K | 18.5% | 5.2% | 15% | C− |
| 2,866 | Newton Falls OH | 4,504 | $51K | 15.5% | 6.8% | 10% | C− |
| 2,867 | Goshen CA | 5,136 | $73K | 24.2% | 8.0% | 6% | C− |
| 2,868 | Smithville TX | 4,367 | $60K | 12.2% | 5.2% | 15% | C− |
| 2,869 | Richland Township IN | 4,714 | $68K | 13.3% | 5.2% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 California.
Work next door: 35% of Goshen’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Visalia. Darker towns draw more of Goshen’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$73,125 (±$11,814) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goshen?
24.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goshen?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goshen work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (35%, 5 mi), Fresno (6%, 36 mi), Tulare (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Goshen walkable?
Goshen is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 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 2% 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.