Work & commute · Strasburg

Work & commute in Strasburg, VA

Most working residents leave Strasburg for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Winchester (11%), Woodstock (7%) and Front Royal (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

287 of 3,254 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,967 Strasburg residents head out of town to work, 287 work right here, and 1,198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strasburg.

2,967live here, work elsewhere

287live and work here

1,198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strasburg goes to work

Winchester15 mi away

11%367

Strasburg (in town)right here

9%287

Woodstock12.8 mi away

7%239

Front Royal10.4 mi away

4%142

Chantilly49.3 mi away

2%66

Harrisonburg48.3 mi away

1%41

Leesburg42.9 mi away

1%37

Arlington67.6 mi away

1%35

Tysons60.5 mi away

1%33

Warrenton35.6 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,976

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Strasburg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

20%

39%

15%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strasburg is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Strasburg are

1,485 jobs are based in Strasburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Strasburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Strasburg

1,485 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Strasburg residents hold

3,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−34%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.