Elm Springs vs Goshen

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

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

Elm Springs has the higher population (3,000 vs 2,488 in Goshen). Goshen has the higher median household income ($177,604 vs $112,917 in Elm Springs). Goshen has the higher median home value ($616,800 vs $362,400 in Elm Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Springs	Goshen
Population	3,000	2,488
Median age	43.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,917	$177,604
Median home value	$362,400	$616,800
Median gross rent	$908	$1,063
Housing units	961	791
Homeownership rate	94.3%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	64.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Springs	Goshen
Population	2,399 → 3,000 (+25.1%)	2,593 → 2,488 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $112,917 (+5.7%)	$141,389 → $177,604 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$294,900 → $362,400 (+22.9%)	$422,000 → $616,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $908 (+24.2%)	$664 → $1,063 (+60.1%)

Elm Springs

Population

2,3993,000

Median household income

$106,875$112,917

Median home value

$294,900$362,400

Median gross rent

$731$908

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)

	Elm Springs	Goshen
Under 5	2.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	24.1%	25.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	18.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.8%
75 and over	5.1%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Springs	Goshen
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Springs	Goshen
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	23.1%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Springs	Goshen
Drove alone	80.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	12.7%
Other means	2.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Springs	Goshen
1-unit, detached	95.3%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Elm Springs	Goshen
Poverty rate	12.8%	2.0%
Average household size	3.17	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	2002	2008