Elkins vs Goshen

A side-by-side comparison of Elkins and Goshen: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkins and Goshen are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkins has the higher population (3,710 vs 2,488 in Goshen). Goshen has the higher median household income ($177,604 vs $81,111 in Elkins). Goshen has the higher median home value ($616,800 vs $190,100 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Goshen
Population	3,710	2,488
Median age	32.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$177,604
Median home value	$190,100	$616,800
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,063
Housing units	1,440	791
Homeownership rate	84.4%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	64.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Goshen
Population	3,139 → 3,710 (+18.2%)	2,593 → 2,488 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$65,182 → $81,111 (+24.4%)	$141,389 → $177,604 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$139,500 → $190,100 (+36.3%)	$422,000 → $616,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,293 (+26.0%)	$664 → $1,063 (+60.1%)

Elkins

Population

3,1393,710

Median household income

$65,182$81,111

Median home value

$139,500$190,100

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,293

Goshen

Population

2,5932,488

Median household income

$141,389$177,604

Median home value

$422,000$616,800

Median gross rent

$664$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Goshen
Under 5	8.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	25.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.8%
75 and over	8.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Goshen
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Goshen
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Goshen
Drove alone	85.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Goshen
1-unit, detached	88.8%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Goshen
Poverty rate	4.8%	2.0%
Average household size	2.92	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	2002	2008