Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Goshen’s best subject grades are an A for health and history and an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a C for cost of living. Goshen’s average trip to work is 42 minutes, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. No town among the 155 in Connecticut we compare has a lower July high than Goshen. 23% of the land in Goshen is conserved, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Mohawk State Forest, at 1,347 acres with 4.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Goshen has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
Where Goshen beats most towns.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1852.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Goshen is from typical.
Goshen has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Goshen, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Goshen.
Goshen beats the Connecticut average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 27% of adults feel lonely in Goshen.
| Goshen | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Goshen | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.7% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.9% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Regional School District 20. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Center SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 135 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Most working residents leave Goshen for work: only 6% work in town. Goshen’s median household income is $152,000. Jobs based in Goshen grew to 398 in 2023, 125 more than in 2013.
| Goshen | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $152,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.2% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 16% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
20 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. The trail density in Goshen is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mohawk State Forest | 4.2 mi | 1,347 |
| 2. Town Open Space (East Street, South) | 0.7 mi | 72 |
| 3. John A. Minetto State Park | — | 253 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical Goshen home is worth about $578,000, up 0.5% in a year, 29% above the Connecticut typical home. 88% of Goshen households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No town among the 155 in Connecticut we compare has a lower January low than Goshen. Goshen has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Goshen.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Goshen. Close and well known come first.
38 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
34 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
22 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
29 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
40 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
27 mi LakeCandlewood LakeSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Goshen; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Goshen residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Where Goshen’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Goshen on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
4 towns share a border with Goshen.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen | — | — | C | — | — | A |
| Cornwall | — | — | C | — | B | A− |
| Torrington | #134 | C− | C− | B | C− | B |
| Norfolk | — | — | C− | — | B | A |
| Litchfield | — | — | C | — | — | A |
Cornwall and Norfolk have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Goshen, Cornwall, Norfolk and Litchfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Goshen and Litchfield aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Goshen with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Goshen has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and schools, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
That is 6.2 years of the area's median household income ($93,551 across the Torrington, CT area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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