Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety44#8,728/15,637
Economy83#2,610/15,631
Housing85#2,222/14,977
Health78#3,433/15,609
Healthcare77#3,669/15,650
Environment70#4,623/15,453
Education59#6,459/15,649
Infrastructure59#6,361/15,650
Community34#10,346/15,651
Leisure & amenities64#5,559/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Goshen, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Washington County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poverty rate · low1.7%
97/100Arkansas 15.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Drug overdose deaths · low4.2 /100k
96/100Arkansas 10.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWashington County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high62.7%
93/100Arkansas 25.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Injury deaths · low57 /100k
92/100Arkansas 95 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.1%
91/100Arkansas 11.3%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.6%
88/100Arkansas 10.2%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high141 mi
5/100Arkansas 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauWashington County value
Voter turnout · low55.5%
13/100Arkansas 52.5%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionWashington County value
Violent crime rate · high404 /100k
17/100Arkansas 532 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWashington County value
Job growth · low-1.2%
24/100Arkansas -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWashington County value
Food environment index · low7.4
25/100Arkansas 4.6United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Dental care shortage · high15.0
26/100Arkansas 13.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWashington County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,593 (2015-2019) → 2,298 (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
75.0% (2015-2019) → 41.7% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
10.8 /1k (2021) → 4.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeImproving
39.5% (2015-2019) → 29.1% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.0× (2015-2019) → 4.5× (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
68.5% (2015-2019) → 62.7% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Goshen, Arkansas improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Goshen, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.8 min2015-2019	27.7 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Within the margin of error	28%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.5%2015-2019	62.7%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	94.7%2015-2019	98.4%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	98.7%2015-2019	98.2%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+1.5×	Within the margin of error	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4342015-2019	0.4472020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$141,3892015-2019	$150,0742020-2024	+6.1%	Within the margin of error	13%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Goshen, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Goshen, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Goshen, Arkansas itself moved −5.8 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,298 residents (±351)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−5.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,298 residents (±351)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White80%1,831
Black0.3%†7
Hispanic or Latino4.6%†105

Education

1,470 residents (±213)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma1.8%†27
High school or GED17%†256
Some college14%207

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

755 households (±117)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k2.5%†19
$25k–50k7.2%†54
$50k–75k15%†111
$75k–100k7.4%†56
$100k–150k18%†137
$150k–200k12%†91
$200k or more38%287

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

755 households (±117)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own96%727
Rent3.7%†28

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

28 households (±24)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75011%†3
$750–1,00029%†8
$1,000–1,50039%†11

Home values

727 homes (±113)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k1.9%†14
$150k–250k4.0%†29
$250k–400k16%†116

Age of homes

788 homes (±121)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later49%387
2000–200928%†218
1980–199914%†110

Size of homes

788 homes (±121)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio2.8%†22
1 bedroom1.0%†8
2 bedrooms3.9%†31

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

986 workers (±174)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone72%714
Carpool7.6%†75
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†170
Other2.7%†27

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

816 workers (±152)

Goshen, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min8.0%†65
15–29 min55%450
30–44 min23%†190

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Washington County, the county holding most of Goshen's residents.

Washington County has 6,281 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.05× Arkansas's), with 101,087 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,935. The Census Bureau also counts 23,032 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,281; 23,032 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 101,087
Average annual pay: $51,935; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Washington County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	617	23.6	1.13×About typical	6,212	$78,015	1,103
Restaurants and other eating places	529	20.2	1.10×About typical	11,418	$20,819	124
Specialty trade contractors	409	15.6	1.01×About typical	5,513	$62,294	2,277
Lessors of real estate	396	15.1	1.23×About typical	1,348	$46,560	2,569
Offices of other health practitioners	246	9.4	1.55×More than typical	1,060	$49,416	598
Limited-service restaurants	228	8.7	1.09×About typical	5,369	$18,524	43
Full-service restaurants	218	8.3	1.09×About typical	4,789	$22,790	62
Construction of buildings	200	7.6	1.01×About typical	1,494	$87,627	910
Building equipment contractors	180	6.9	1.14×About typical	3,214	$67,313	368
Legal services	176	6.7	1.25×More than typical	728	$63,876	207
Real estate agents and brokers	176	6.7	1.38×More than typical	414	$52,995	699
Management, scientific and technical consulting	162	6.2	0.92×About typical	526	$66,736	771

Rank places for an industry Open Washington County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 261,613 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $10.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Goshen, Arkansas: $4,651 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10.7M; −12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,651; US $1,994
Sole-source: 12%; US 30%
Single offer: 69%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$10.7M99.8%
Federal Acquisition Service$22.3K0.2%

Top recipients

BLUE CORD DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC$6.6M62%
PATHFINDER CONSULTANTS, LLC$589.2K5.5%
VALOR HEALTHCARE INC$512.6K4.8%
SENTINEL SERVICES, LLC$406.9K3.8%
PRIME TRI PROVIDERS LLC$305.2K2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

5.2MFY2017
4.7MFY2018
5.8MFY2019
3MFY2020
4.7MFY2021
3MFY2022
5.5MFY2023
7.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$6.8M63%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$769.1K7.2%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$512.6K4.8%
Medical and diagnostic laboratories · 6215$343.1K3.2%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$332.6K3.1%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Goshen, Arkansas, so they do not add up across cities.

Goshen, Arkansas's figures are part of those of Washington County, AR ($92.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 12% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Goshen is mostly in Washington County.

See federal money in Washington County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Goshen, Arkansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Steve WomackR-AR-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 10.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Washington County63100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR80

Other cities and towns in Washington County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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