Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainMost of Goshen commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Goshen report 64 jobs, and 500 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Goshen itself; outside it, Provo draws the most (10%, 24 miles). 9% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Goshen stands out on work
Goshen is a place people come home to
There are 64 jobs based in Goshen, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Goshen has about 540 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Goshen workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Goshen’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Goshen is Provo, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 500 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goshen quiets down on a workday
On a workday 499 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 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 35 minutes each way for Goshen’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goshen workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 411 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% 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 Goshen goes to work
About 21% 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.
The towns that employ Goshen’s residents
Where Goshen clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Goshen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 64. 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.
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?
$95,147 (±$19,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goshen?
16.8%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goshen?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goshen work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Provo (10%, 24 mi), Spanish Fork (8%, 18 mi), Orem (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Goshen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% 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.