New Market vs Strasburg

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

New Market 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 2,159 in New Market). Strasburg has the higher median household income ($59,614 vs $47,967 in New Market). New Market has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $247,300 in Strasburg).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	Strasburg
Population	2,159	7,162
Median age	48.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,967	$59,614
Median home value	$247,400	$247,300
Median gross rent	$745	$997
Housing units	1,087	3,296
Homeownership rate	41.0%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	Strasburg
Population	2,180 → 2,159 (-1.0%)	6,609 → 7,162 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$41,892 → $47,967 (+14.5%)	$54,740 → $59,614 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$233,300 → $247,400 (+6.0%)	$206,500 → $247,300 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $745 (+2.8%)	$977 → $997 (+2.0%)

New Market

Population

2,1802,159

Median household income

$41,892$47,967

Median home value

$233,300$247,400

Median gross rent

$725$745

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)

	New Market	Strasburg
Under 5	2.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	11.2%
75 and over	13.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	Strasburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	Strasburg
No high school diploma	13.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	Strasburg
Drove alone	70.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.1%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	Strasburg
1-unit, detached	39.7%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	19.8%
20 or more units	7.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Market	Strasburg
Poverty rate	12.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1981	1984