About Goshen

Goshen is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,697 people and just one neighborhood, Goshen is the 151st largest community in Connecticut.

Goshen is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Goshen is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Goshen who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.40%), sales jobs (11.23%), and management occupations (10.93%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 9.59% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Goshen is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Goshen is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Goshen's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Goshen is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Goshen, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.33% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Goshen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Goshen Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Goshen citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.41% of adults in Goshen have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Goshen in 2000 was $33,925, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,700 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Goshen include Irish, Italian, English, German, Polish, French, French Canadian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Goshen is English.