Work & commute · Goshen

Work & commute in Goshen, OH

Most working residents leave Goshen for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Urbana (10%), Mechanicsburg (8%) and Marysville (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 1,352 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,228 Goshen residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goshen.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goshen goes to work

Urbana11 mi away

10%129

Mechanicsburg0.3 mi away

8%107

Marysville15 mi away

7%92

Springfield16.1 mi away

7%90

Columbus30.6 mi away

6%76

Allen12.6 mi away

4%53

London13.6 mi away

4%52

Dublin21.7 mi away

3%37

Perry19.2 mi away

3%37

West Jefferson14.9 mi away

3%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%644

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.

14%

50%

19%

17%

14%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goshen is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goshen are

552 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

552 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Goshen residents hold

1,352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+42%

Jobs based in Goshen, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 552. 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.