Work & commute · Duncan

Work & commute in Duncan, OK

46% of Duncan’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oklahoma City (11%), Lawton (7%) and Marlow (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

4,143 of 8,974 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 4,831 Duncan residents head out of town to work, 4,143 work right here, and 6,694 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duncan.

4,831live here, work elsewhere

4,143live and work here

6,694work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duncan goes to work

Duncan (in town)right here

46%4,143

Oklahoma City72.6 mi away

11%1,020

Lawton27.8 mi away

7%592

Marlow10.3 mi away

4%379

Ardmore51.2 mi away

2%170

Norman63 mi away

1%120

Tulsa162.5 mi away

1%115

Chickasha38.6 mi away

1%108

Comanche8.3 mi away

1%75

Wichita Falls, TX51.2 mi away

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,182

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

How far

How far Duncan commutes

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

53%

10%

31%

53%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duncan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Duncan are

10,837 jobs are based in Duncan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duncan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duncan

10,837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Duncan residents hold

8,974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+4%

Jobs based in Duncan, 2013 → 2023: 10,455 → 10,837. 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.