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Map of Durant: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land28%5,038 of 17,727 acres
Trails4.9 mi0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves8255 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Durant

City in Oklahoma, US
1872Established
18,589Population
26.8 sq miArea
636 ftElevation

Durant () is a city in and the county seat of Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 18,589 in the 2020 census. It is the home of the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation, and is the largest settlement on the reservation, ranking ahead of McAlester and Poteau. Durant is the principal city of the Durant micropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 46,067 in 2020. Durant is also part of the Dallas–Fort Worth combined statistical area, anchoring the northern edge. The city was founded by Dixon Durant, a Choctaw who lived in the area, after the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad came through the Indian Territory in the early 1870s. It became the county seat of Bryan Cou…

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ZIP code74701, 74702
Area code580
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Housing in Durant

$227K▼ 0.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Durant home is worth about $227,000, down 0.9% in a year, close to the Oklahoma typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market96
Sale-to-list96.5%
Sold in May12
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Safety in Durant

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Safety Grade C-

Durant reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Durant 3.7
Oklahoma 4.1
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Durant 21
Oklahoma 18.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A-

The public schools Durant’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of Oklahoma’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#17Best public schoolsof 128 in OK
DistrictDURANTSchools8

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within OK. Ratings are from neighbors.

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