Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Strausstown
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Hardly any stay in Strausstown for work; outside it, Bethel Township is the main destination (8%, 7 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Strausstown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 159 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Strausstown on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Strausstown’s working residents head each day
Where Strausstown clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Strausstown
109 jobs are based in Strausstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Strausstown, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 109. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Strausstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Strausstown: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Strausstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 153 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Strausstown commutes less than 17 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Strausstown: questions
What is the median household income in Strausstown?
$100,227 (±$35,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Strausstown?
8.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Strausstown?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Strausstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethel Township (8%, 7 mi), Lebanon (3%, 16 mi), Tulpehocken Township (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Strausstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Strausstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Strausstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.