Sisters vs Sunriver

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

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

Sisters has the higher population (3,018 vs 1,429 in Sunriver). Sisters has the higher median household income ($93,115 vs $90,529 in Sunriver). Sunriver has the higher median home value ($719,800 vs $586,000 in Sisters).

Population, income & housing

	Sisters	Sunriver
Population	3,018	1,429
Median age	49.8 yrs	70.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,115	$90,529
Median home value	$586,000	$719,800
Median gross rent	$1,414	—
Housing units	1,522	4,862
Homeownership rate	79.3%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	70.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sisters	Sunriver
Population	2,643 → 3,018 (+14.2%)	1,294 → 1,429 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$60,318 → $93,115 (+54.4%)	$75,000 → $90,529 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $586,000 (+77.1%)	$564,800 → $719,800 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,414 (+22.5%)	$1,178 → $2,266 (+92.4%)

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

Sunriver

Population

1,2941,429

Median household income

$75,000$90,529

Median home value

$564,800$719,800

Median gross rent

$1,178$2,266

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sisters	Sunriver
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	5.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	26.2%
65 to 74	29.7%	45.9%
75 and over	7.1%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sisters	Sunriver
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sisters	Sunriver
No high school diploma	9.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	17.8%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sisters	Sunriver
Drove alone	59.7%	52.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	47.5%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sisters	Sunriver
1-unit, detached	75.9%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sisters	Sunriver
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	2006	1987