Bend vs Rancho Tehama Reserve

A side-by-side comparison of Bend and Rancho Tehama Reserve: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rancho Tehama Reserve has the higher population (1,102 vs 537 in Bend). Bend has the higher median home value ($451,500 vs $149,000 in Rancho Tehama Reserve). Since 2019, Bend's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs -34.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Population	537	1,102
Median age	61.4 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,750
Median home value	$451,500	$149,000
Median gross rent	—	$939
Housing units	207	672
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Population	498 → 537 (+7.8%)	1,682 → 1,102 (-34.5%)
Median household income	—	$26,514 → $43,750 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$376,900 → $451,500 (+19.8%)	$109,300 → $149,000 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$851 → $939 (+10.3%)

Bend

Population

498537

Median home value

$376,900$451,500

Rancho Tehama Reserve

Population

1,6821,102

Median household income

$26,514$43,750

Median home value

$109,300$149,000

Median gross rent

$851$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Under 5	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 17	4.7%	4.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	3.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	3.1%
55 to 64	36.7%	19.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	28.0%
75 and over	16.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	78.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	61.9%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Drove alone	91.3%	75.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
1-unit, detached	77.8%	34.7%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	65.3%

Poverty & households

	Bend	Rancho Tehama Reserve
Poverty rate	2.6%	30.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	44	30
Median year structure built	1987	1991