Work & commute · Goshen

Work & commute in Goshen, NY

Most working residents leave Goshen for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are New York (16%), Wallkill (10%) and Warwick (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

948 of 5,562 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,614 Goshen residents head out of town to work, 948 work right here, and 9,597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goshen.

4,614live here, work elsewhere

948live and work here

9,597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goshen goes to work

Goshen (in town)right here

17%948

New York54.2 mi away

16%887

Wallkill7.8 mi away

10%548

Warwick8.5 mi away

4%198

Chester5.4 mi away

3%169

Middletown5.6 mi away

2%137

Monroe9.8 mi away

2%99

Blooming Grove8.9 mi away

2%91

Ramapo21.1 mi away

2%86

Albany93.1 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,317

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.

41%

16%

25%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goshen is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goshen are

10,545 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

10,545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Goshen residents hold

5,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+19%

Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 8,886 → 10,545. 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.