Work & commute · Goshen

Work & commute in Goshen, IN

About one in 3 of Goshen’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elkhart (18%), Middlebury (3%) and South Bend (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

5,157 of 14,178 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,021 Goshen residents head out of town to work, 5,157 work right here, and 20,490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goshen.

9,021live here, work elsewhere

5,157live and work here

20,490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goshen goes to work

Goshen (in town)right here

36%5,157

Elkhart10.6 mi away

18%2,549

Middlebury9.2 mi away

3%465

South Bend23.7 mi away

3%459

Mishawaka18.7 mi away

2%316

Bristol9.6 mi away

2%305

York12.1 mi away

2%221

Fort Wayne49 mi away

2%219

Nappanee12.3 mi away

1%179

Jackson6.4 mi away

1%179

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%4,129

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.

58%

27%

11%

58%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goshen is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Goshen are

25,647 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

25,647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Goshen residents hold

14,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−3%

Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 26,457 → 25,647. 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.