Basye vs Strasburg

A side-by-side comparison of Basye and Strasburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Basye and Strasburg are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Strasburg has the higher population (7,162 vs 1,416 in Basye). Basye has the higher median household income ($69,881 vs $59,614 in Strasburg). Basye has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $247,300 in Strasburg).

Population, income & housing

	Basye	Strasburg
Population	1,416	7,162
Median age	47.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,881	$59,614
Median home value	$272,500	$247,300
Median gross rent	—	$997
Housing units	1,523	3,296
Homeownership rate	83.9%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basye	Strasburg
Population	953 → 1,416 (+48.6%)	6,609 → 7,162 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$75,547 → $69,881 (-7.5%)	$54,740 → $59,614 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $272,500 (+31.8%)	$206,500 → $247,300 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$977 → $997 (+2.0%)

Basye

Population

9531,416

Median household income

$75,547$69,881

Median home value

$206,700$272,500

Strasburg

Population

6,6097,162

Median household income

$54,740$59,614

Median home value

$206,500$247,300

Median gross rent

$977$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basye	Strasburg
Under 5	11.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	2.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.2%
75 and over	9.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basye	Strasburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basye	Strasburg
No high school diploma	1.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basye	Strasburg
Drove alone	57.2%	78.6%
Carpooled	32.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basye	Strasburg
1-unit, detached	74.3%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	19.8%
20 or more units	5.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Basye	Strasburg
Poverty rate	9.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1986	1984