Work & commute · Bray

Work & commute in Bray, OK

Most working residents leave Bray for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Duncan (32%), Marlow (10%) and Oklahoma City (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 376 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 370 Bray residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bray.

370live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bray goes to work

Duncan12 mi away

32%120

Marlow8.1 mi away

10%38

Oklahoma City61.8 mi away

10%38

Lawton34.3 mi away

8%30

Ardmore48.3 mi away

3%11

Norman51.2 mi away

2%9

Chickasha30.8 mi away

2%7

Bray (in town)right here

2%6

Lindsay19.9 mi away

1%5

Weatherford80.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%107

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bray commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

24%

18%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bray is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bray are

157 jobs are based in Bray. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bray’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bray

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bray residents hold

376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+67%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.