Work & commute · Goshen

Work & commute in Goshen, CT

Most working residents leave Goshen for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Torrington (12%), Litchfield (8%) and Waterbury (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 1,313 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,232 Goshen residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goshen.

1,232live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goshen goes to work

Torrington5.4 mi away

12%160

Litchfield7.8 mi away

8%106

Goshen (in town)right here

6%81

Waterbury22.5 mi away

4%57

Hartford29 mi away

4%49

New York, NY89.8 mi away

3%33

Kent14 mi away

2%31

Salisbury13.6 mi away

2%30

Watertown17.2 mi away

2%23

North Canaan12.2 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%720

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Goshen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

31%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goshen is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Goshen are

398 jobs are based in Goshen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goshen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goshen

398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Goshen residents hold

1,313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+46%

Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 398. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.