Indiana · Census place 1828386

Goshen, Indiana

Goshen is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana with an estimated 34,458 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
34,458
#31 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-48 people
Land area
17.9 sq mi
+ 0.38 sq mi water
Density
1,922 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Goshen. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Goshen population, 2020 to 2024

Goshen lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Goshen is 2.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 34,514. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Goshen covers 17.93 square miles of land and 0.38 of water, for 1,922 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Goshen is denser than the typical town.

What county Goshen is in

All of Goshen's residents live in Elkhart County, which had 207,436 residents in 2024. Goshen holds 16.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Goshen

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Goshen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46526, 46528. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Goshen is

The Census internal point of Goshen is at 41.573900, -85.830000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 125.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elkhart, IN (53,690 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 23.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.573900, -85.830000
DMS
41°34'26.04"N 85°49'48.00"W
UTM
16N 597541.2E 4603129.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HPH5FC+H2

Daylight in Goshen

At 41.57° N, Goshen gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Goshen

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Middlebury, 9.2 miles away, with 3,721 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Goshen, IN?

34,458 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 48 (0.1%) from 34,506 in July 2020.

What county is Goshen in?

Elkhart County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Goshen?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46526, 46528.

How far is Goshen from Indianapolis?

125.9 miles (202.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Goshen.

What is the nearest larger city to Goshen?

Elkhart, IN, with 53,690 residents, 10.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.