Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAbout half of New Goshen’s working residents commute to Terre Haute
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26. 0% of workers work from home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%. Hardly any stay in New Goshen for work; outside it, Terre Haute is the main destination (47%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in New Goshen by day
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 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.
0.56 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where New Goshen’s working residents head each day
Where New Goshen clocks in
47% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
New Goshen is a services town
36 jobs are based in New Goshen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Goshen, 2014 → 2024: 58 → 36. 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 New Goshen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for New Goshen’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Goshen workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 303 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
How far it is to work from New 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 New Goshen: questions
What is the median household income in New Goshen?
$68,214 (±$46,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Goshen?
5.9%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Goshen?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Goshen work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around New Goshen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Goshen, from the people who make the trip.
More of New 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.