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SheetAR-GOSHEN-AR · Goshen, AR 2,488 pop · income 97th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Goshen
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Goshen on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Horseshoe Bend · lowest
40,868
Horseshoe Bend · lowest
40,868 median HH income
23.0% of the leader · rank #1
Bradley Garde… · near
177,590
Bradley Garde… · near
177,590 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Pleasantville · near
177,591
Pleasantville · near
177,591 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Goshen · this city
177,604
Goshen · this city
177,604 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Schaefer Lake · near
177,632
Schaefer Lake · near
177,632 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Ottawa Hills · near
177,656
Ottawa Hills · near
177,656 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
North Pembroke · highest
177,703
North Pembroke · highest
177,703 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Goshen on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,488.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Goshen - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Goshen places in the 97th percentile for household income and the 90th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
97th
percentile, household income
90th
percentile, home value
3rd
percentile, median rent
90th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Goshen, AR
Arkansas's Goshen is a small town, with 2,488 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Goshen report a median income of $177,604 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.6%. Home values in Goshen run a median of $616,800, and the median resident age is 36.3 years. 64.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 62.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 18 residential building permits were authorized in Goshen (Construction Slowdown), down 36% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Goshen reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 380.7 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Arkansas run below the national norm: the state registers 86.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $944 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Arkansas's average monthly utility costs around $210 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Goshen's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Goshen, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Goshen?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Goshen?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 380.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 83% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Goshen?
Within Arkansas, the closest population matches are Clinton (2,506 residents, $41,447 income); Lavaca (2,466 residents, $90,263 income); Horseshoe Bend (2,458 residents, $40,868 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Brookwood, AL (2,489 residents); Creola, AL (2,489 residents); Council Grove, KS (2,487 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Goshen?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Goshen growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +294 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +13.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 18 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+13.9%
2025 estimate
2,405
2020 estimate
2,111
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.6% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
86.9 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Arkansas average
A
City profile score · Goshen, AR
89/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$177,604
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living A+
86.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate A+
0.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
64.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime C-
169 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Goshen profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $177,604
Cost of living: 97/100 (A+) · 86.9 index
Poverty rate: 96/100 (A+) · 0.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 94/100 (A+) · 64.3%
Violent crime: 54/100 (C-) · 169 /100k
Where Goshen sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Goshen's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Goshen highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Goshen, AR (this city): home $616,800, crime 381/100k
Brookwood, AL : home $181,900, crime 1,446/100k
Creola, AL : home $187,500, crime 809/100k
Beverly, NJ : home $190,100, crime 1,508/100k
Lavaca, AR : home $155,000, crime 632/100k
Lake City, AR : home $125,500, crime 989/100k
Bald Knob, AR : home $136,500, crime 2,352/100k
England, AR : home $92,600, crime 2,098/100k
How does Goshen compare to other US cities?
Goshen measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income97% higher than other cities
Home value90% pricier than other cities
Median rent3% pricier than other cities
Safety90% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Arkansas and the picture shifts: Goshen ranks #5 of 160 Arkansas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Goshen against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arkansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arkansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Goshen near the bottom of Arkansas's cities
Among the 524 Arkansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Goshen ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Goshen only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#1 of 495
100th percentile in Arkansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 524
0th percentile in Arkansas
Median Home Value
#2 of 482
100th percentile in Arkansas
Poverty Rate
#465 of 524
11th percentile in Arkansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#2 of 524
100th percentile in Arkansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arkansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
97th percentile nationally for median household income · 90th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Goshen's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Goshen's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Goshen's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$616,80010th percentilemore affordable than 10% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Goshen's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,856 of 15,516
More affordable than 43% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,160 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.5×, Goshen sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,856 of 15,516 and #7,160 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$177,604Goshen, AR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Goshen, AR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Goshen, AR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)64.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,488
Median Income
$177,604
Median Home Value
$616,800
Median Age
36.3
Poverty Rate
0.6%
Labor force participation
62.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
64.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
380.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
169.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
211.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Goshen's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,111 residents
2021
2,173 residents
2022
2,239 residents
2023
2,301 residents
2024
2,390 residents
2025
2,405 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
18
housing units authorized
Single-Family
18
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
28
28
0
$9.7M
2020
26
26
0
$10.0M
2021
27
27
0
$13.7M
2022
23
23
0
$11.6M
2023
30
30
0
$19.6M
2024
18
18
0
$11.8M
Permit volume decreased 36% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.4%
Carpool
6.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
12.7%
Other
2.6%
Based on 1,060 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arkansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $210
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arkansas at $210 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Arkansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Goshen. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arkansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 86.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Goshen is $944/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arkansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arkansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Goshen sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Goshen compares to similar-size Arkansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.