About Goshen

Goshen is a tiny town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 193 people and just one neighborhood, Goshen is the 142nd largest community in Vermont.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Goshen is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Goshen is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Goshen who work in teaching (20.95%), office and administrative support jobs (16.19%), and sales jobs (7.62%).

Of important note, Goshen is also a town of artists. Goshen has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Goshen's character.

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.

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Goshen. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Goshen.

Goshen is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Goshen isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Goshen is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Goshen Information and Demographics

The citizens of Goshen are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.21% of adults in Goshen have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Goshen in 2000 was $17,031, which is lower middle income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,124 for a family of four.

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 English, Polish, German, Irish, Scottish, Lithuanian, British, French Canadian, Scotch-Irish, Canadian, French, and Swedish.

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