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Jobs & commute in Durham

Work means Cheyenne for about two in five of Durham’s working residents

Hardly any stay in Durham for work; outside it, Cheyenne is the main destination (40%, 21 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Oklahoma has 9%. Durham has 10 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Durham

On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night18
Workday8
18live here− 10head out to work+ 0come in to work= 8on a workday

About 8 people are in Durham on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

The places Durham commutes to

Taloga: 1 residents work here (10%)Hammon: 1 residents work here (10%)Cheyenne: 4 residents work here (40%)Sweetwater: 2 residents work here (20%)Elk City: 1 residents work here (10%)DurhamCheyenneSweetwaterTalogaHammonElk CityDurham
1
Cheyenne21.3 mi away
40%4
2
Sweetwater29.6 mi away
20%2
3
Taloga55.5 mi away
10%1
4
Hammon33.8 mi away
10%1
5
Elk City42 mi away
10%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%1
The top trips

Where Durham clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Durham

Working from home
0%

of Durham workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Durham gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 2 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

The commute from Durham, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miCheyenne: 40% · 21.3 miSweetwater: 20% · 29.6 miTaloga: 10% · 55.5 miHammon: 10% · 33.8 miElk City: 10% · 42 miCheyenne 40%Sweetwater 20%Taloga 10%Hammon 10%Elk City 10%Durham
DurhamTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
50%10–24 mi5 residents
40%25–50 mi4 residents
10%Over 50 mi1 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Durham: questions

What is the median household income in Durham?

$58,750 (±$7,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Durham?

0.0%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Durham work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Durham without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Durham, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Durham

Durham home →

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.