Lyford vs New Goshen

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

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

New Goshen has the higher population (649 vs 557 in Lyford). New Goshen has the higher median household income ($81,528 vs $49,883 in Lyford). Lyford has the higher median home value ($105,100 vs $96,100 in New Goshen).

Population, income & housing

	Lyford	New Goshen
Population	557	649
Median age	41.2 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,883	$81,528
Median home value	$105,100	$96,100
Housing units	194	195
Homeownership rate	62.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyford	New Goshen
Population	346 → 557 (+61.0%)	434 → 649 (+49.5%)
Median household income	$81,000 → $49,883 (-38.4%)	$65,156 → $81,528 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $105,100 (-13.0%)	$96,800 → $96,100 (-0.7%)

Lyford

Population

346557

Median household income

$81,000$49,883

Median home value

$120,800$105,100

New Goshen

Population

434649

Median household income

$65,156$81,528

Median home value

$96,800$96,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyford	New Goshen
Under 5	5.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	29.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	39.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	2.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	18.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	1.4%
75 and over	3.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyford	New Goshen
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyford	New Goshen
No high school diploma	13.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	45.0%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyford	New Goshen
Drove alone	85.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyford	New Goshen
1-unit, detached	76.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Lyford	New Goshen
Poverty rate	20.5%	5.4%
Average household size	3.59	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	1974	1938