Deschutes River Woods vs Sisters

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

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

Deschutes River Woods has the higher population (5,755 vs 3,018 in Sisters). Sisters has the higher median household income ($93,115 vs $82,371 in Deschutes River Woods). Sisters has the higher median home value ($586,000 vs $506,200 in Deschutes River Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
Population	5,755	3,018
Median age	43.1 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,371	$93,115
Median home value	$506,200	$586,000
Median gross rent	$1,645	$1,414
Housing units	2,235	1,522
Homeownership rate	78.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
Population	6,044 → 5,755 (-4.8%)	2,643 → 3,018 (+14.2%)
Median household income	$65,361 → $82,371 (+26.0%)	$60,318 → $93,115 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$305,100 → $506,200 (+65.9%)	$330,800 → $586,000 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,645 (+39.2%)	$1,154 → $1,414 (+22.5%)

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

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)

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
Under 5	2.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	29.7%
75 and over	2.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.8%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	22.8%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
Drove alone	67.6%	59.7%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.2%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	21.2%
Other means	1.0%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
1-unit, detached	81.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Deschutes River Woods	Sisters
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1993	2006