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Goshen, CA

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Overview


Goshen is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 4,968 people and just one neighborhood, Goshen is the 526th largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Goshen, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Goshen, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Goshen’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Goshen does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $62,216.00.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Goshen, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.44% of Goshen’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Goshen is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Goshen who work in farm management occupations (17.62%), food service (7.56%), and office and administrative support (7.12%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Goshen has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Goshen a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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

Demographics

The population of Goshen has a very low overall level of education: only 9.11% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Goshen in 2018 was $20,088, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,352 for a family of four. However, Goshen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Goshen is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Goshen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Goshen, accounting for 78.81% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Goshen residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Goshen include English, Irish, Norwegian, German, and Dutch.

Goshen also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.45%.

The most common language spoken in Goshen is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Other Asian languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Goshen, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.6% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 37.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

People

Whether by choice, divorce, or unplanned pregnancy, single moms may have the toughest job in the book. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that the neighborhood has more single mother households than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Often high concentrations of single mother homes can be a strong indicator of family and social issues such as poverty, high rates of school dropouts, crime, and other societal problems.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Mexican and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 74.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Mexican ancestry and 1.7% have Portuguese ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 57.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Spanish at home. This is a higher percentage than 95.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Goshen are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 35.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (17.9%), and 13.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is Spanish, spoken by 57.0% of households. Some people also speak English (40.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Goshen, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (74.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.8%), and residents who report Spanish roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of Portuguese ancestry (1.7%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.3%), among others. In addition, 35.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (69.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (21.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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