East Porterville vs Goshen

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

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

Goshen has the higher population (4,895 vs 4,567 in East Porterville). Goshen has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $38,482 in East Porterville). Goshen has the higher median home value ($244,800 vs $213,100 in East Porterville).

Population, income & housing

	East Porterville	Goshen
Population	4,567	4,895
Median age	27.8 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,482	$72,813
Median home value	$213,100	$244,800
Median gross rent	$886	$1,101
Housing units	1,228	1,306
Homeownership rate	49.5%	47.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	21.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Porterville	Goshen
Population	6,291 → 4,567 (-27.4%)	3,304 → 4,895 (+48.2%)
Median household income	$27,974 → $38,482 (+37.6%)	$27,286 → $72,813 (+166.9%)
Median home value	$123,600 → $213,100 (+72.4%)	$157,900 → $244,800 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $886 (-2.5%)	$798 → $1,101 (+38.0%)

East Porterville

Population

6,2914,567

Median household income

$27,974$38,482

Median home value

$123,600$213,100

Median gross rent

$909$886

Goshen

Population

3,3044,895

Median household income

$27,286$72,813

Median home value

$157,900$244,800

Median gross rent

$798$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Porterville	Goshen
Under 5	9.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	28.3%	28.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	6.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	5.7%	4.4%
75 and over	4.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Porterville	Goshen
White (non-Hispanic)	9.1%	13.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	7.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	86.2%	73.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Porterville	Goshen
No high school diploma	47.3%	40.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Porterville	Goshen
Drove alone	56.9%	73.7%
Carpooled	39.4%	15.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Porterville	Goshen
1-unit, detached	71.4%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	East Porterville	Goshen
Poverty rate	42.5%	19.8%
Average household size	4.39	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1967	2003