Bend vs Three Rivers

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

Bend and Three Rivers 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 3,966 in Three Rivers). Bend has the higher median household income ($88,792 vs $82,780 in Three Rivers). Bend has the higher median home value ($646,800 vs $470,400 in Three Rivers).

Population, income & housing

	Bend	Three Rivers
Population	101,472	3,966
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,792	$82,780
Median home value	$646,800	$470,400
Median gross rent	$1,767	$2,231
Housing units	46,712	2,345
Homeownership rate	62.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bend	Three Rivers
Population	93,917 → 101,472 (+8.0%)	3,212 → 3,966 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$65,662 → $88,792 (+35.2%)	$61,250 → $82,780 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$384,800 → $646,800 (+68.1%)	$281,000 → $470,400 (+67.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,276 → $1,767 (+38.5%)	$1,113 → $2,231 (+100.4%)

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

Three Rivers

Population

3,2123,966

Median household income

$61,250$82,780

Median home value

$281,000$470,400

Median gross rent

$1,113$2,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bend	Three Rivers
Under 5	4.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	1.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	20.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	15.8%
75 and over	6.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bend	Three Rivers
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bend	Three Rivers
No high school diploma	3.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	15.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bend	Three Rivers
Drove alone	63.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	18.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bend	Three Rivers
1-unit, detached	70.2%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Bend	Three Rivers
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	2000	1996