Bend vs Lake California

A side-by-side comparison of Bend and Lake California: population, income, housing, and more.

Bend and Lake California are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake California has the higher population (3,805 vs 537 in Bend). Bend has the higher median home value ($451,500 vs $338,700 in Lake California). Since 2019, Lake California's population has grown faster (+14.3% vs +7.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bend	Lake California
Population	537	3,805
Median age	61.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$95,278
Median home value	$451,500	$338,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,714
Housing units	207	1,423
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bend	Lake California
Population	498 → 537 (+7.8%)	3,329 → 3,805 (+14.3%)
Median household income	—	$67,063 → $95,278 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$376,900 → $451,500 (+19.8%)	$204,900 → $338,700 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,353 → $1,714 (+26.7%)

Bend

Population

498537

Median home value

$376,900$451,500

Lake California

Population

3,3293,805

Median household income

$67,063$95,278

Median home value

$204,900$338,700

Median gross rent

$1,353$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bend	Lake California
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	4.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	3.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	36.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	19.2%	12.8%
75 and over	16.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bend	Lake California
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.0%
Two or more races	14.5%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bend	Lake California
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	16.4%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	61.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bend	Lake California
Drove alone	91.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bend	Lake California
1-unit, detached	77.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bend	Lake California
Poverty rate	2.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	44	38
Median year structure built	1987	2000