Duncan vs Empire City

A side-by-side comparison of Duncan and Empire City: population, income, housing, and more.

Duncan and Empire City are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Duncan has the higher population (22,872 vs 798 in Empire City). Empire City has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $57,020 in Duncan). Empire City has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $125,800 in Duncan).

Population, income & housing

	Duncan	Empire City
Population	22,872	798
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,020	$88,750
Median home value	$125,800	$169,000
Median gross rent	$872	$867
Housing units	11,089	335
Homeownership rate	67.8%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncan	Empire City
Population	22,618 → 22,872 (+1.1%)	963 → 798 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$44,404 → $57,020 (+28.4%)	$63,438 → $88,750 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $125,800 (+15.5%)	$115,100 → $169,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $872 (+26.2%)	$792 → $867 (+9.5%)

Duncan

Population

22,61822,872

Median household income

$44,404$57,020

Median home value

$108,900$125,800

Median gross rent

$691$872

Empire City

Population

963798

Median household income

$63,438$88,750

Median home value

$115,100$169,000

Median gross rent

$792$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duncan	Empire City
Under 5	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	21.8%
75 and over	8.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncan	Empire City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	88.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	2.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncan	Empire City
No high school diploma	14.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncan	Empire City
Drove alone	77.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	15.2%	11.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncan	Empire City
1-unit, detached	83.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Duncan	Empire City
Poverty rate	20.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1972	1981