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Goshen is a small city of 34,420 people in Elkhart County, Indiana. It's about 11 miles from Elkhart, IN and 96 miles from Grand Rapids, MI, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 44 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $185k and rent runs about $1k a month.
34,420people
$185kTypical home
$1,093/moRent
83° / 32°Summer / winter
44"Snow
206Sunny days
134Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 34,420
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,920 people per sq mi
- 96 mi to Grand Rapids, MI
- 11 mi to Elkhart, IN
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $185k (≈$1,166/mo)
- Median rent $1,093/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 206 sunny days a year (66 totally clear)
- 159 cloudy days a year
- 57 of 90 winter days are gray
- 134 days a year with rain or snow
- 44" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 19 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (134 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,655 per 100k)
People
- Median age 34
- 30% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to SBN airport
- 92 mi to GRR (major hub)
- 10 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 810 ft
- 497 mi to the ocean
- 47 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 30 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 389 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 44 bars within 25 mi
- 97 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 29 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Indiana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Elkhart County: R+32 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk