A walkable neighborhood between South Side Soda Shop and Goshen College
Parkside is a tree-filled neighborhood of early 20th century houses just north of Goshen College’s gates. Though the country’s largest Mennonite-affiliated college is just footsteps away, its students live in campus housing all four years, making this unusually quiet for a college-adjacent neighborhood. Many Parkside residents work at the college or nearby Goshen Hospital. Parkside is also well-known locally due to its most iconic structure, South Side Soda Shop, which is the rare Goshen location to catch Hollywood’s eye on more than one occasion.
Goshen College is a short walk from the Parkside neighborhood.
The Goshen Hospital is located in the Parkside neighborhood.
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Early 20th century houses and friendly neighbors
Parkside developed along a similar timeline as Goshen College, which moved to its current location from Elkhart in 1903. The diversity of housing styles prevalent from the turn of the century to the 1940s is on full display here, including American Foursquare, Stick, Colonial Revival, Gable-Front and National architecture. Recent sales in Parkside range between $120,000 and $365,000. But for many residents, their neighbors are as much of a draw as the houses. “It's very family-oriented,” says South Side Soda Shop owner Nick Boyd, who moved all the way from Philadelphia to buy the diner in 1985. “The size of Goshen appealed to us 40 years ago, and even today it has a real smalltown feel.”
Parkside boasts many large homes, perfect for growing families.
Stunning architecturally detailed Craftsman-style homes nestled in the Parkside.
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South Side Soda Shop garners national attention
South Side Soda Shop is a true neighborhood anchor. “We're in a residential area. We don’t have a parking lot. Our neighbors walk to the restaurant,” Boyd says. “It's a very friendly area of town.” South Side Soda Shop is also a Goshen icon. Its reputation was already strong enough that Guy Fieri made a visit in the first season of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” and Steve Buscemi filmed at the location for his 2005 directorial debut. Buscemi came for the distinctive 1940s interior and exterior decor, but Fieri came for the reason most others do: the food. The Soda Shop, which still has a functioning 1940s soda fountain, is a seven-time winner for serving Michiana’s best chili and its lemon meringue won the Indiana Pie Quest Contest. For groceries, residents can shop at Maple City Market in Downtown Goshen or Martin’s Super Market on College Avenue.
South Side Soda Shop is a Parkside local favorite known for its hearty breakfast.
Maple City Market is great for Parkside locals to pick up last-minute items.
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Parkside Elementary adds to neighborly feel
Goshen College is not the neighborhood’s only walkable school. Parkside Elementary serves kindergarten through fourth grade and is kitty-corner from South Side Soda Shop. Parkside Elementary receives a B-plus rating from Niche. One of Parkside’s unique features is a student ambassador program where at least two students in each class are tasked with leadership roles such as greeting their classmates with a fist bump or high-five at the door each morning. In fifth grade, students move on to B-minus-rated Goshen Intermediate before advancing to Goshen Middle, which also earns a B-minus. B-rated Goshen High School serves the entire city.
Parkside Elementary challenges students by offering an all-encompassing curriculum.
Goshen High School offers the neighborhoods of Goshen a dynamic learning environment.
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A block party, Goshen College athletics, and the 4-H Fair
South Side Soda Shop sometimes hosts neighborhood association meetings and sponsors an end-of-summer neighborhood block party between the diner and Parkside Elementary. Goshen College’s sports teams, the Maple Leafs, compete against other small, private colleges from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio in the Crossroads League at the NAIA level of college athletics. Goshen College’s performing arts series has drawn artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Nickel Creek and the Indigo Girls to the on-campus Sauder Concert Hall. Just east of town, the Elkhart County 4-H Fair isn’t just one of the biggest events in Goshen, but all of Indiana. More than 200,000 attendees visit the fair annually, which ranks behind only the Indianapolis 500 and Indiana State Fair in single-event attendance.
Pedestrian and bicycle friendly, plus public transit available
Parkside is 1.5 miles south of Downtown Goshen on Main Street, which becomes known as Indiana State Road 15 when it leaves town. U.S. Route 20 is 8 miles north of the neighborhood, and the Indiana Toll Road (I-90) is 12 miles north. The Interurban Trolley Red Line has stops on Main Street and College Avenue. Parkside is a pedestrian and bicycle-friendly neighborhood, including access to the Winona Railway Trail, which runs south from Goshen College’s campus.
Owners take great pride in maintaining their homes in Parkside.
The Interurban Trolley is available in the Parkside neighborhood.
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Close to Millrace Park and Canal Trail
The neighborhood's Water Tower Park is a block-long grassy area ideal for games of pickup soccer, football, or perhaps flying a kite. But other than picnic tables, the park has no amenities. Parkside is just blocks from a footbridge over the Millrace Canal that connects to 17-acre Millrace Park and the 2.5-mile-long Millrace Canal Trail. Millrace Park's Rieth Interpretive Center has a bird-viewing area and serves as host of the Maple City Arbor Day Celebration.
Millrace Park is home to the Rieth Interpretive Center in Goshen.
Parkside locals use theMillrace Canal Trail, which begins at the Goshen Pond.
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Quiet with a side of ambulance and train noise
The typical sounds of college life may not be a factor in Parkside, but a couple of other factors can occasionally disturb the quiet – ambulance traffic to nearby Goshen Hospital, and freight trains on the tracks parallel to 9th Street. Long trains can also hold up traffic heading in or out of the neighborhood from the east.
The Parkside neighborhood is centrally located in Goshen.
Like many in Goshen, the Parkside neighborhood is lined with maple trees.
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Parks in this Area
Shanklin Park
Millrace Park
Millrace Canal Trail
Water Tower Park
Transit
Airport
South Bend International
57 min drive
Bus
College & Main
Bus
Main & Lafayette
Bus
Franklin & Main
Crime and Safety
1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime
Parkside
US
Homicide
3
4
Sexual Assault
4
4
Assault with Weapon
3
4
Robbery
3
4
Burglary
3
4
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
4
Larceny
4
4
Crime Score
4
4
Source: WhatIsMyCrimeRisk.com
Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Parkside, Goshen sell after 26 days on the market compared to the national average of 47 days. The average sale price for homes in Parkside, Goshen over the last 12 months is $169,768, down 19% from the average home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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Average Home Value
Source: Public Records
Property Mix - Square Feet
This Neighborhood Has More Owners
Demographics
Total Population
693
Median Age
35
Population under 18
25.8%
On par with the national average
23.8%
Population over 65
13.4%
Below the national average
19.1%
Finances
Median Household Income
$57,719
Below the national average
$71,702
Average Household Income
$90,811
Education and Workforce
High School Graduates
91%
College Graduates
51.5%
Above the national average
34.1%
Advanced Degrees
25.3%
Above the national average
13.3%
% Population in Labor Force
70.6%
Area Factors
Bikeable
Bike Score®
57/ 100
Car-Dependent
Walk Score®
41/ 100
Source: Walk Score
Source: Walk Score
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