With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of West Goshen works elsewhere
The average commute takes 53 minutes each way, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. West Goshen has 12 jobs, and 185 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in West Goshen for work; outside it, Visalia is the main destination (35%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes West Goshen
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in West Goshen on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of West Goshen: the destinations
Where West Goshen clocks in
35% of workers
5% 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.
Goods jobs make up 83% of work in West Goshen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Goshen, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 12. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Goshen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from West Goshen: about 53 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Goshen workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 298 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far it is to work from West 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 West Goshen: questions
What is the poverty rate in West Goshen?
23.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Goshen?
53 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Goshen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (35%, 7 mi), Goshen (7%, 2 mi), Fresno (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around West Goshen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Goshen, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Goshen
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.