Goshen vs Nappanee

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

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

Goshen has the higher population (34,374 vs 7,040 in Nappanee). Nappanee has the higher median household income ($66,944 vs $55,436 in Goshen). Nappanee has the higher median home value ($209,000 vs $175,200 in Goshen).

Population, income & housing

	Goshen	Nappanee
Population	34,374	7,040
Median age	36.3 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,436	$66,944
Median home value	$175,200	$209,000
Median gross rent	$1,045	$876
Housing units	13,718	2,985
Homeownership rate	60.7%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goshen	Nappanee
Population	34,108 → 34,374 (+0.8%)	7,033 → 7,040 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$48,626 → $55,436 (+14.0%)	$55,125 → $66,944 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $175,200 (+44.7%)	$123,200 → $209,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,045 (+33.3%)	$829 → $876 (+5.7%)

Goshen

Population

34,10834,374

Median household income

$48,626$55,436

Median home value

$121,100$175,200

Median gross rent

$784$1,045

Nappanee

Population

7,0337,040

Median household income

$55,125$66,944

Median home value

$123,200$209,000

Median gross rent

$829$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goshen	Nappanee
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	21.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.3%
75 and over	9.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goshen	Nappanee
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	75.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goshen	Nappanee
No high school diploma	17.5%	16.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goshen	Nappanee
Drove alone	74.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	16.5%	19.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goshen	Nappanee
1-unit, detached	58.0%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Goshen	Nappanee
Poverty rate	18.1%	10.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1980	1984