Goshen is a city of 355 people in Alabama. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $118,200. 2% of people here were born outside the United States. 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At a median age of 42.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Renters pay $894 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 53%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Goshen
What changed most since 1990
White share72.2% → 80.8%(+8.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants77.3% → 66.9%(−10.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Black share23.6% → 16.6%(−7.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)62.2%(28)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)6.7%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.8%(17)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 45 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Goshen, decade by decade
Goshen population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
309
$55,502
$76,082
5.9%
52.8
2000
300
$44,119
$77,056
11.5%
56.9
2010
266
$55,745
$133,787
39.1%
45.1
2020
269
$44,694
$116,719
20.9%
60.6
2024
355
$56,750
$118,200
24.8%
39.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
