Work & commute · Goshen

Work & commute in Goshen, NY

Most working residents leave Goshen for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (19%), New York (15%) and Wallkill (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

246 of 2,349 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,103 Goshen residents head out of town to work, 246 work right here, and 3,553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goshen.

2,103live here, work elsewhere

246live and work here

3,553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goshen goes to work

Goshen1.9 mi away

19%451

New York54.9 mi away

15%354

Wallkill7.2 mi away

10%244

Chester5.6 mi away

3%67

Middletown5.8 mi away

3%60

Warwick10 mi away

2%56

Blooming Grove7.5 mi away

2%52

Monroe9.6 mi away

2%38

Newburgh17.6 mi away

2%36

Montgomery11.3 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%956

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.

43%

16%

23%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goshen is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goshen are

3,799 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

3,799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Goshen residents hold

2,349 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 3,798 → 3,799. 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.