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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-WEST-GOSHEN-CA · West Goshen, CA 691 pop · income 83rd 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 West Goshen
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest West Goshen on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Napi Headquar… · lowest
28,194
Napi Headquar… · lowest
28,194 median HH income
21.4% of the leader · rank #1
South Lebanon · near
110,729
South Lebanon · near
110,729 median HH income
84.0% of the leader · rank #2
Chester Heigh… · near
110,729
Chester Heigh… · near
110,729 median HH income
84.0% of the leader · rank #3
West Goshen · this city
110,750
West Goshen · this city
110,750 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #4
Dane · near
110,769
Dane · near
110,769 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #5
McGovern · near
110,778
McGovern · near
110,778 median HH income
84.1% of the leader · rank #6
Modjeska · highest
131,750
Modjeska · highest
131,750 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for West Goshen on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 691.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, West Goshen places in the 83rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
83rd
percentile, household income
88th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: West Goshen, CA
West Goshen is a small town in California, home to 691 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. West Goshen households earn a median of $110,750 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 9.2%. The median resident age is 32.4 years. Educational attainment runs 0.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 73.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in West Goshen report an average commute of 49.5 minutes, with 48.9% driving alone and 11.1% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of West 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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For West Goshen, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in West Goshen?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 48.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 49.5 minutes.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for West Goshen?
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.
Within California, the closest population matches are Malaga (693 residents, $63,750 income); Kernville (688 residents, $49,489 income); Fuller Acres (695 residents, $41,429 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Shelby, AL (691 residents); Wilton, AL (691 residents); Brevig Mission, AK (691 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.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
F
City profile score · West Goshen, CA
38/100
4 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-
$110,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
West Goshen profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $110,750
Poverty rate: 43/100 (D) · 9.2%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%
How does West Goshen compare to other US cities?
West Goshen measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income83% higher than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares West Goshen against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places West Goshen near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, West Goshen ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares West Goshen only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#392 of 1,338
71st percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#543 of 1,450
62nd percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,411 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
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 California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
83rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$110,750West Goshen, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context West Goshen, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for West Goshen, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
691
Median Income
$110,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
32.4
Poverty Rate
9.2%
Labor force participation
73.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
49.5 minutes
Drive Alone
48.9%
Carpool
40.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
11.1%
Based on 425 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for West Goshen. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around West Goshen is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county West Goshen sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How West Goshen compares to similar-size California 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, 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.