Goshen vs Lincoln

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

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

Lincoln has the higher population (2,862 vs 2,488 in Goshen). Goshen has the higher median household income ($177,604 vs $59,688 in Lincoln). Goshen has the higher median home value ($616,800 vs $151,000 in Lincoln).

Population, income & housing

	Goshen	Lincoln
Population	2,488	2,862
Median age	36.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$177,604	$59,688
Median home value	$616,800	$151,000
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,080
Housing units	791	1,093
Homeownership rate	96.3%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goshen	Lincoln
Population	2,593 → 2,488 (-4.0%)	2,444 → 2,862 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$141,389 → $177,604 (+25.6%)	$32,361 → $59,688 (+84.4%)
Median home value	$422,000 → $616,800 (+46.2%)	$103,600 → $151,000 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $1,063 (+60.1%)	$781 → $1,080 (+38.3%)

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

Lincoln

Population

2,4442,862

Median household income

$32,361$59,688

Median home value

$103,600$151,000

Median gross rent

$781$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goshen	Lincoln
Under 5	8.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	25.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.4%
75 and over	2.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goshen	Lincoln
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	64.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	22.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goshen	Lincoln
No high school diploma	1.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goshen	Lincoln
Drove alone	78.4%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goshen	Lincoln
1-unit, detached	96.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Goshen	Lincoln
Poverty rate	2.0%	19.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2008	1979