Bend vs Richfield

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

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

Bend has the higher population (537 vs 253 in Richfield). Bend has the higher median home value ($451,500 vs $242,900 in Richfield). Since 2019, Bend's population has grown faster (+7.8% vs -15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bend	Richfield
Population	537	253
Median age	61.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median home value	$451,500	$242,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,259
Housing units	207	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bend	Richfield
Population	498 → 537 (+7.8%)	300 → 253 (-15.7%)
Median household income	—	$71,667 → $23,125 (-67.7%)
Median home value	$376,900 → $451,500 (+19.8%)	$205,000 → $242,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,075 → $1,259 (+17.1%)

Bend

Population

498537

Median home value

$376,900$451,500

Richfield

Population

300253

Median household income

$71,667$23,125

Median home value

$205,000$242,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bend	Richfield
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	4.7%	28.1%
18 to 24	12.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	3.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	36.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	19.2%	4.0%
75 and over	16.0%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bend	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	60.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	37.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bend	Richfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	61.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bend	Richfield
Drove alone	91.3%	71.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.6%
Worked from home	8.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bend	Richfield
1-unit, detached	77.8%	56.2%
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%	43.8%

Poverty & households

	Bend	Richfield
Poverty rate	2.6%	26.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	44	25
Median year structure built	1987	1964