New Goshen vs Riley

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

New Goshen and Riley 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 479 in Riley). New Goshen has the higher median household income ($81,528 vs $72,813 in Riley). New Goshen has the higher median home value ($96,100 vs $92,700 in Riley).

Population, income & housing

	New Goshen	Riley
Population	649	479
Median age	24.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,528	$72,813
Median home value	$96,100	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$921
Housing units	195	191
Homeownership rate	72.8%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	21.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Goshen	Riley
Population	434 → 649 (+49.5%)	321 → 479 (+49.2%)
Median household income	$65,156 → $81,528 (+25.1%)	$46,250 → $72,813 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $96,100 (-0.7%)	$83,500 → $92,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $921 (-13.4%)

New Goshen

Population

434649

Median household income

$65,156$81,528

Median home value

$96,800$96,100

Riley

Population

321479

Median household income

$46,250$72,813

Median home value

$83,500$92,700

Median gross rent

$1,063$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Goshen	Riley
Under 5	2.2%	12.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	39.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	2.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	18.8%	21.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.2%	5.0%
65 to 74	1.4%	3.1%
75 and over	4.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Goshen	Riley
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
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	9.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Goshen	Riley
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	44.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Goshen	Riley
Drove alone	85.1%	51.6%
Carpooled	14.9%	39.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Goshen	Riley
1-unit, detached	87.2%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	New Goshen	Riley
Poverty rate	5.4%	27.2%
Average household size	3.33	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1938	1948