Goshen vs West Wildwood

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

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

West Wildwood has the higher population (564 vs 384 in Goshen). Goshen has the higher median household income ($112,019 vs $64,750 in West Wildwood). West Wildwood has the higher median home value ($364,900 vs $345,300 in Goshen).

Population, income & housing

	Goshen	West Wildwood
Population	384	564
Median age	36.1 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,019	$64,750
Median home value	$345,300	$364,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,400
Housing units	158	867
Homeownership rate	83.5%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goshen	West Wildwood
Population	170 → 384 (+125.9%)	385 → 564 (+46.5%)
Median household income	—	$57,969 → $64,750 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$307,100 → $345,300 (+12.4%)	$290,800 → $364,900 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,400 (+31.7%)

Goshen

Population

170384

Median home value

$307,100$345,300

West Wildwood

Population

385564

Median household income

$57,969$64,750

Median home value

$290,800$364,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goshen	West Wildwood
Under 5	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	2.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	30.2%	2.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	3.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	26.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	23.9%
75 and over	2.9%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goshen	West Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	80.3%
Black or African American	10.4%	3.0%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goshen	West Wildwood
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	20.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	10.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	49.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goshen	West Wildwood
Drove alone	80.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	0.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goshen	West Wildwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goshen	West Wildwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1985	1965