Photo: Nyttend · Public domainStrasburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
7% of workers work from home (Virginia 18%). 1,485 jobs are based in Strasburg, against 3,254 working residents. For jobs and income Strasburg is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Strasburg
Fewer jobs are based in Strasburg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Strasburg fell from 2,247 in 2013 to 1,485 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Strasburg makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Strasburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Strasburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Strasburg
The poverty rate holds Strasburg’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,464, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Strasburg could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Strasburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Strasburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,247 → 1,485. 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 Strasburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Strasburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,967 residents head out to work, 287 work right here, and 1,198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Strasburg on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Winchester
Where Strasburg clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
How long Strasburg spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Strasburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,058 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Strasburg
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
In Strasburg, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,284 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.6% of Strasburg households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Strasburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Strasburg ranks: 2,103rd of 3,083 U.S. towns of 5,200 to 10,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Difficult Run VA | 9,938 | $250K | 1.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,101 | North Weeki Wachee FL | 8,979 | $65K | 11.7% | 4.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,102 | Dayton TN | 7,819 | $50K | 22.2% | 1.3% | 39% | C+ |
| 2,103 | Strasburg VA | 7,380 | $62K | 7.5% | 5.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,104 | Brookfield Township OH | 8,348 | $53K | 15.1% | 3.9% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,105 | St. Albans VT | 6,939 | $58K | 19.5% | 1.8% | 21% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,083 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Virginia.
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 Strasburg: questions
What is the median household income in Strasburg?
$62,464 (±$6,831) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Strasburg?
7.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Strasburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Strasburg work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (11%, 15 mi), Woodstock (7%, 13 mi), Front Royal (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Strasburg walkable?
Strasburg is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Strasburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 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. 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.