Moving to Duncan: Pros, Cons & What to Know

Moving to Duncan means joining a real, distinct southwest Oklahoma city defined by a genuine, disclosed oilfield-services heritage carried into the present.

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A real, distinctive oilfield-services heritage

Erle P. Halliburton founded his oil-well-cementing business in Duncan in 1919. Though the company's corporate headquarters relocated to Dallas in 1961, Halliburton's real, current, large-scale Duncan manufacturing facility remains the city's economic mainstay today.

Genuinely affordable housing, with a real price volatility

Duncan's average home value ran $135,002 (Zillow, down ~0.2% YoY), though this record discloses a real, disclosed divergence: Redfin's own median sale price ran sharply higher, up ~34.7% YoY to $179,000 last month.

A real, honestly-disclosed crime-data discrepancy

Duncan's crime-rate figures carried a real, disclosed, unresolved discrepancy across sources this pass -- a genuine uncertainty this record does not smooth over.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-27. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.