Goshen vs Simonton Lake

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

Goshen and Simonton Lake 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 4,113 in Simonton Lake). Simonton Lake has the higher median household income ($74,233 vs $55,436 in Goshen). Simonton Lake has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $175,200 in Goshen).

Population, income & housing

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
Population	34,374	4,113
Median age	36.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,436	$74,233
Median home value	$175,200	$230,600
Median gross rent	$1,045	$1,101
Housing units	13,718	1,891
Homeownership rate	60.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
Population	34,108 → 34,374 (+0.8%)	5,362 → 4,113 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$48,626 → $55,436 (+14.0%)	$53,818 → $74,233 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $175,200 (+44.7%)	$149,700 → $230,600 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,045 (+33.3%)	$1,038 → $1,101 (+6.1%)

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

Simonton Lake

Population

5,3624,113

Median household income

$53,818$74,233

Median home value

$149,700$230,600

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
Under 5	6.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.0%
75 and over	9.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	72.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
No high school diploma	17.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	36.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
Drove alone	74.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	16.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
1-unit, detached	58.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	3.4%
20 or more units	7.2%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goshen	Simonton Lake
Poverty rate	18.1%	10.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1980	1988