City safety & data profile

DurantOK

Durant, OK is a 17K-resident city in Bryan County with a median household income of $46,812.

Bryan County, Oklahoma. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Durant, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Durant has a population larger than 36% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $163,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 37%
By size
$46,812
Median income (place)
$163,200
Median home (place)
18.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Durant

Durant posts a median household income higher than 6% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Durant area.

Bottom 7%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Durant

Where Durant income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$46,812 Bottom 6% higher than 6% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Durant $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OK

Population among 43 OK places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Oklahoma City is the largest OK city on this list; Jenks leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OK

Median household income among the same 43-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Jenks posts the highest place-level median income in OK; Oklahoma City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Durant, OK beyond the headline numbers

Durant sits inside Bryan County, Oklahoma, at roughly 33.99°N, -96.37°W. Population 17,286, $46,812 median household income. Median home value $163,200, median rent $953. Poverty rate 18.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Durant, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

18.7% of Durant, OK residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Durant costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 7.1% of Durant workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.6% in Durant, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Durant workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Durant's median age is 34 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Durant from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
17,286
Durant · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$46,812
-48% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$163,200
-61% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Bryan County): Durant's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
48K+12%
Median Income
$57,225+47%
Median Home Value
$174,900+97%
Poverty Rate
16.6%-10%
Unemployment
4.6%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Durant, OK
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$953/mo
Poverty Rate
18.7% +51% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 29.2%
Work From Home 7.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 65.8%
African American 2.3%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 21.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.3%
Obesity
39.7%
High Blood Pressure
37.4%
Physical Inactivity
34%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.4%
Current Smoking
18.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.8%
Binge Drinking
14.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.7%
Current Asthma
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.2%
Annual Checkup 77.1%

Other Measures

Diabetes
12.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
3.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ALLIANCEHEALTH DURANT
DURANT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Durant?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Durant right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OK-DURANT · Durant

Durant: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Durant; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oklahoma state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Durant, OK?
Durant, OK has a population of 17,286 people, located in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
What is the median household income in Durant?
The median household income in Durant, OK is $46,812 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 18.7%.
What is the median home value in Durant?
The median home value in Durant, OK is $163,200. Median rent is $953/month.
What are the top health concerns in Durant?
The top health indicators in Durant include Short Sleep Duration (40.3%), Obesity (39.7%), High Blood Pressure (37.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Durant?
Durant has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Durant?
The median age in Durant, OK is 34 years. 29.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Durant, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OK (18.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OK ($46,812 here).

Compare Durant with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Durant's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Durant area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Durant against Oklahoma peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oklahoma

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Bryan County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.