Most of Bray commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 157 jobs in Bray; 376 of its residents have a job. At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Oklahoma 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bray in brief
32% of working residents work in Duncan
Where Bray clocks in
32% of workers
10% 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 a workday changes Bray
On a workday 370 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Bray on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The kinds of work in Bray
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bray, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 157. 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 Bray’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Bray: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bray workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 435 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Bray, by distance
About 27% 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.
Bray and its neighbors: 32% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Duncan. Darker towns draw more of Bray’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bray: questions
What is the median household income in Bray?
$73,897 (±$8,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bray?
12.4%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bray?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bray work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duncan (32%, 12 mi), Marlow (10%, 8 mi), Oklahoma City (10%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bray without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bray, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bray
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.