About Goshen

Goshen is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 899 people and just one neighborhood, Goshen is the 268th largest community in Kentucky.

Goshen is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.85% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Goshen is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Goshen who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.34%), management occupations (14.15%), and sales jobs (11.47%).

Also of interest is that Goshen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Goshen is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Goshen is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Goshen a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Goshen has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Goshen's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Goshen is a very car-oriented city. 97.78% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Goshen is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Goshen has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small city, Goshen doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Goshen Information and Demographics

The education level of Goshen citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 40.34% of adults in Goshen have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Goshen in 2000 was $23,076, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,304 for a family of four. However, Goshen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Goshen home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Goshen is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Goshen include German, Irish, English, Scottish, Italian, European, French, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Goshen is English. Some people also speak Spanish.