Glasgow vs Goshen

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

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

Glasgow has the higher population (1,253 vs 285 in Goshen). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $46,250 in Goshen). Goshen has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $117,100 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Goshen
Population	1,253	285
Median age	44.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$46,250
Median home value	$117,100	$131,300
Median gross rent	$814	$725
Housing units	636	160
Homeownership rate	73.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Goshen
Population	1,385 → 1,253 (-9.5%)	332 → 285 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$36,964 → $50,625 (+37.0%)	$28,889 → $46,250 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $117,100 (+21.1%)	$100,000 → $131,300 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $814 (+0.1%)	$540 → $725 (+34.3%)

Glasgow

Population

1,3851,253

Median household income

$36,964$50,625

Median home value

$96,700$117,100

Median gross rent

$813$814

Goshen

Population

332285

Median household income

$28,889$46,250

Median home value

$100,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$540$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glasgow	Goshen
Under 5	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	22.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	4.9%
75 and over	7.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Goshen
White (non-Hispanic)	75.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	16.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Goshen
No high school diploma	12.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	49.1%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Goshen
Drove alone	88.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Goshen
1-unit, detached	86.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Goshen
Poverty rate	14.7%	25.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1963	1967