Comanche’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
26.6% of residents live below the poverty line, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. Comanche grades D− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Comanche; the top destination outside it is Duncan (35%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Comanche
Comanche and Duncan trade workers both ways
Duncan is the top workplace for Comanche residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Comanche come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Comanche pay little
29% of the jobs based in Comanche pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Comanche than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Comanche fell from 509 in 2013 to 362 in 2023, −29%. 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 ↓
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; with 487 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Comanche’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Comanche is better than 3% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Comanche’s grade up (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,016, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Comanche’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Comanche could be anywhere from D− to D.
Where Comanche goes to work
Where Comanche clocks in
35% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
The 362 jobs based in Comanche
362 jobs are based in Comanche.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Comanche, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 362. 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 Comanche’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Comanche by day
On a workday 444 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 319 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Comanche: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Comanche workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 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 distance from Comanche to work
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.
Driving is how Comanche gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Comanche is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 2.5% across Oklahoma.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 491 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). 3.3% of Comanche households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Comanche’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Comanche compares with U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 78 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 812 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,417 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,506 | Laurie MO | 1,087 | $50K | 20.0% | 10.5% | 14% | D− |
| 5,507 | Dundee NY | 1,672 | $45K | 21.7% | 3.4% | 11% | D− |
| 5,508 | Comanche OK | 1,393 | $41K | 26.6% | 4.1% | 9% | D− |
| 5,509 | Yemassee SC | 1,145 | $45K | 27.3% | 7.3% | 5% | D− |
| 5,510 | Naples TX | 1,409 | $35K | 25.7% | 11.3% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Comanche, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
How Comanche compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sunray (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Comanche workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche | – | D− | B+ | 23 min | $41,016 |
| Empire City | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Sunray | 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Empire City and Sunray: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Comanche’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 Comanche: questions
What is the median household income in Comanche?
$41,016 (±$13,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Comanche?
26.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Comanche?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Comanche work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duncan (35%, 8 mi), Oklahoma City (9%, 81 mi), Lawton (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Comanche walkable?
Comanche is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Comanche without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Comanche, from the people who make the trip.
More of Comanche
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.