Bend vs Sisters

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

Bend and Sisters 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 3,018 in Sisters). Sisters has the higher median household income ($93,115 vs $88,792 in Bend). Bend has the higher median home value ($646,800 vs $586,000 in Sisters).

Population, income & housing

	Bend	Sisters
Population	101,472	3,018
Median age	40.3 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,792	$93,115
Median home value	$646,800	$586,000
Median gross rent	$1,767	$1,414
Housing units	46,712	1,522
Homeownership rate	62.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bend	Sisters
Population	93,917 → 101,472 (+8.0%)	2,643 → 3,018 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$65,662 → $88,792 (+35.2%)	$60,318 → $93,115 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$384,800 → $646,800 (+68.1%)	$330,800 → $586,000 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,276 → $1,767 (+38.5%)	$1,154 → $1,414 (+22.5%)

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

Sisters

Population

2,6433,018

Median household income

$60,318$93,115

Median home value

$330,800$586,000

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bend	Sisters
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	29.7%
75 and over	6.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bend	Sisters
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bend	Sisters
No high school diploma	3.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	15.2%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bend	Sisters
Drove alone	63.8%	59.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	21.2%
Other means	1.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bend	Sisters
1-unit, detached	70.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Bend	Sisters
Poverty rate	9.5%	6.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	2000	2006