Goshen has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 19% of workers, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole. There are 71 jobs in Goshen; 488 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Goshen itself; outside it, Louisville draws the most (17%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Goshen at work: what stands out
Goshen is a place people come home to
There are 71 jobs based in Goshen, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Goshen has about 520 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Goshen works from home
19% of Goshen workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky. Time on the road ↓
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; with 488 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Goshen by day
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Goshen on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 27 minutes to work from Goshen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goshen workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 406 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
Out of Goshen to work: where people go
Where Goshen clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 71. 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.
How far Goshen goes to work
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.
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?
$88,188 (±$13,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goshen?
3.8%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goshen?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goshen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (17%, 15 mi), Buckner (5%, 7 mi), Jeffersontown (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Goshen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.