Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Durant have lower incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
More than half stay in Durant for work; outside it, Oklahoma City is the main destination (5%, 120 miles). The poverty rate is 18.7% (Oklahoma 15.3%). Durant grades C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Durant: the figures worth knowing
Durant is where the jobs are
Durant has 15,616 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Durant draws workers from far and wide
The 15,616 jobs in Durant are filled from a wide area. Durant’s own residents hold 26% and the ten next-biggest home towns 13%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Durant are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Oklahoma. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Oklahoma worker. Time on the road ↓
Durant has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Durant went from 11,459 in 2013 to 15,616 in 2023, +36%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Durant
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Durant is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #74 of 131 in Oklahoma. Job access by car holds Durant’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,812, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Durant could be anywhere from D to C.
A workday in Durant: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,792 residents head out to work, 4,083 work right here, and 11,533 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Durant on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Durant’s workers come from
Where Durant clocks in
5% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Commuting from Durant: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Durant workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,234 commuters (the 7% 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.
What work there is in Durant: 15,616 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Durant, 2013 → 2023: 11,459 → 15,616. 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 Durant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Durant works
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Durant
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Durant is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #14 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Durant near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,868 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). 6.9% of Durant households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Durant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Durant next to U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 349 | Newcastle OK | 15,198 | $93K | 3.8% | 2.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 365 | Jenks OK | 28,175 | $111K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 890 | Yukon OK | 27,615 | $75K | 8.8% | 4.0% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,618 | Galesburg City Township IL | 28,581 | $48K | 19.1% | 5.0% | 40% | C− |
| 1,619 | Trotwood OH | 23,190 | $50K | 21.5% | 8.6% | 4% | C− |
| 1,620 | Durant OK | 21,552 | $47K | 18.7% | 4.8% | 52% | C− |
| 1,621 | Fortuna Foothills AZ | 28,896 | $60K | 12.1% | 7.3% | 9% | C− |
| 1,622 | Bayonet Point FL | 23,822 | $43K | 19.0% | 5.5% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Durant, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
How Durant compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Durant’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 Durant: questions
What is the median household income in Durant?
$46,812 (±$2,513) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Durant?
18.7%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Durant?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Durant work?
52% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (5%, 120 mi), Denison (2%, 19 mi), Ardmore (2%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Durant walkable?
Durant is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Durant without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Durant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Durant
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.