Bend vs Los Molinos

A side-by-side comparison of Bend and Los Molinos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Molinos has the higher population (1,590 vs 537 in Bend). Bend has the higher median home value ($451,500 vs $220,300 in Los Molinos). Since 2019, Bend's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bend	Los Molinos
Population	537	1,590
Median age	61.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$34,324
Median home value	$451,500	$220,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,108
Housing units	207	891
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bend	Los Molinos
Population	498 → 537 (+7.8%)	1,746 → 1,590 (-8.9%)
Median household income	—	$41,000 → $34,324 (-16.3%)
Median home value	$376,900 → $451,500 (+19.8%)	$154,700 → $220,300 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,061 → $1,108 (+4.4%)

Bend

Population

498537

Median home value

$376,900$451,500

Los Molinos

Population

1,7461,590

Median household income

$41,000$34,324

Median home value

$154,700$220,300

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bend	Los Molinos
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	4.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	3.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	36.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	19.2%	10.3%
75 and over	16.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bend	Los Molinos
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	44.2%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	14.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	52.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bend	Los Molinos
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	61.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bend	Los Molinos
Drove alone	91.3%	77.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bend	Los Molinos
1-unit, detached	77.8%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Bend	Los Molinos
Poverty rate	2.6%	33.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	44	31
Median year structure built	1987	1968