Photo: Nyttend · Public domainGoshen Township has higher unemployment (12.9%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Goshen Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C. Home is the office for 3% of workers (Ohio 13%). Only 5% work in Goshen Township itself; outside it, Salem draws the most (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Goshen Township apart on work
Goshen Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 24 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Goshen Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Goshen Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Goshen Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Goshen Township is a place people come home to
There are 389 jobs based in Goshen Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Goshen Township has about 2,200 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Goshen Township workers work from home
Only 3% 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.
Jobs & income in Goshen Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Goshen Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #732 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Goshen Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Goshen Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Goshen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goshen Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,353 commuters (the 3% 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.
In Goshen Township, 42% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
389 jobs are based in Goshen Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goshen Township, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 389. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Goshen Township by day
On a workday 1,214 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Goshen Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.30 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Goshen Township to work: where people go
Where Goshen Township clocks in
14% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Goshen Township
About 16% 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.
Most of Goshen Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Goshen Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #692 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,401 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Goshen Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goshen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Goshen Township places 2,825th of 4,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,823 | Hansville WA | 3,384 | $92K | 4.1% | 7.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,824 | Fort Branch IN | 2,936 | $59K | 17.2% | 2.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,825 | Goshen Township OH | 3,051 | $61K | 4.6% | 12.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,826 | Big Lake AK | 3,585 | $81K | 11.4% | 3.1% | — | C+ |
| 2,827 | Cokato MN | 2,793 | $70K | 14.4% | 3.2% | 21% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Goshen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Goshen Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Goshen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Township | – | C+ | C | 30 min | $60,938 |
| Smith Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $69,010 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | C− | B+ | 22 min | $53,317 |
| Green Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 22 min | $97,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Goshen Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Goshen Township?
$60,938 (±$20,731) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goshen Township?
4.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goshen Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goshen Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (14%, 5 mi), Alliance (6%, 11 mi), Boardman Township (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Goshen Township walkable?
Goshen Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goshen Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goshen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goshen Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.