Bend vs Deschutes River Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Bend and Deschutes River Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

Bend and Deschutes River Woods are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bend has the higher population (101,472 vs 5,755 in Deschutes River Woods). Bend has the higher median household income ($88,792 vs $82,371 in Deschutes River Woods). Bend has the higher median home value ($646,800 vs $506,200 in Deschutes River Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
Population	101,472	5,755
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,792	$82,371
Median home value	$646,800	$506,200
Median gross rent	$1,767	$1,645
Housing units	46,712	2,235
Homeownership rate	62.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
Population	93,917 → 101,472 (+8.0%)	6,044 → 5,755 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$65,662 → $88,792 (+35.2%)	$65,361 → $82,371 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$384,800 → $646,800 (+68.1%)	$305,100 → $506,200 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,276 → $1,767 (+38.5%)	$1,182 → $1,645 (+39.2%)

Bend

Population

93,917101,472

Median household income

$65,662$88,792

Median home value

$384,800$646,800

Median gross rent

$1,276$1,767

Deschutes River Woods

Population

6,0445,755

Median household income

$65,361$82,371

Median home value

$305,100$506,200

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
Under 5	4.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.6%
75 and over	6.9%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.2%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
No high school diploma	3.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	15.2%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
Drove alone	63.8%	67.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.8%
Public transit	0.2%	1.9%
Walked	2.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	2.4%	1.6%
Worked from home	22.4%	11.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
1-unit, detached	70.2%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Bend	Deschutes River Woods
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	2000	1993