Photo: Smallbones · Public domainMost of Strasburg commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Strasburg has 624 jobs; 1,218 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Strasburg are B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 3% stay in Strasburg for work; outside it, Lancaster is the main destination (10%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Strasburg: the gist
The better-paid jobs are outside Strasburg
61% of Strasburg residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Strasburg pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Strasburg has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Strasburg went from 414 in 2014 to 624 in 2024, +51%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Strasburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Strasburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Strasburg is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #416 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Strasburg’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Strasburg could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The kinds of work in Strasburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Strasburg, 2014 → 2024: 414 → 624. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Strasburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Strasburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Strasburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,321 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Strasburg
On a workday 1,176 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 582 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Strasburg on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Strasburg’s working residents head each day
Where Strasburg clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Strasburg
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Strasburg gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Strasburg is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #445 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,468 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Strasburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Strasburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200, Strasburg comes 1,084th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,082 | Galway NY | 3,499 | $110K | 8.9% | 2.1% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,083 | Lake Sarasota FL | 3,595 | $92K | 10.0% | 3.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,084 | Strasburg PA | 3,085 | $86K | 3.7% | 5.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,085 | Rancho Viejo TX | 2,851 | $91K | 6.4% | 3.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,086 | Omphghent Township IL | 2,370 | $84K | 3.4% | 3.5% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Strasburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Strasburg: questions
What is the median household income in Strasburg?
$85,750 (±$16,619) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Strasburg?
3.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Strasburg?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Strasburg work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (10%, 7 mi), Strasburg Township (9%, 1 mi), East Lampeter Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Strasburg walkable?
Strasburg is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Strasburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Strasburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Strasburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.