Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Goshen has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 2% work in Goshen; the top destination outside it is Northampton (24%, 10 miles). There are 167 jobs in Goshen; 499 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, where Massachusetts has 29 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Goshen by day and by night
On a workday 488 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Goshen on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where Goshen goes to work
Where Goshen clocks in
24% of workers
7% 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.
29% of the jobs in Goshen make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 167. 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Goshen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goshen workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 423 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Goshen commutes less than 14 miles
About 18% 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.
How Goshen compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Williamsburg (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Goshen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen | – | — | — | 31 min | $98,906 |
| Conway | under 3% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $97,250 |
| Chesterfield | under 3% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $103,967 |
| Ashfield | under 3% | C+ | C | 30 min | $80,833 |
| Williamsburg | 7% | A− | A− | 25 min | $104,792 |
| Cummington | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cummington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$98,906 (±$9,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goshen?
11.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goshen?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goshen work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northampton (24%, 10 mi), Williamsburg (7%, 4 mi), Amherst Town (5%, 16 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.