Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 1.9 jobs in Goshen for every working resident, and 664 people commute in
Only 2% work in Goshen itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (14%, 20 miles). Goshen has 672 jobs, against 358 working residents. 2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Goshen in brief
Goshen is where the jobs are
Goshen has 672 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,100 people are in town, 41% more than the 760 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Goshen workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 358 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Goshen
On a workday 350 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Goshen on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Goshen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goshen workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Where the people who work in Goshen live
Where Goshen clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Goshen: what the 672 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 565 → 672. 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.
The commute from Goshen, by distance
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?
$93,850 (±$54,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goshen?
3.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goshen?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goshen work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (14%, 20 mi), West Chester Township (7%, 16 mi), Sharonville (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Goshen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% 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.