Sisters vs Three Rivers

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

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

Three Rivers has the higher population (3,966 vs 3,018 in Sisters). Sisters has the higher median household income ($93,115 vs $82,780 in Three Rivers). Sisters has the higher median home value ($586,000 vs $470,400 in Three Rivers).

Population, income & housing

	Sisters	Three Rivers
Population	3,018	3,966
Median age	49.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,115	$82,780
Median home value	$586,000	$470,400
Median gross rent	$1,414	$2,231
Housing units	1,522	2,345
Homeownership rate	79.3%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sisters	Three Rivers
Population	2,643 → 3,018 (+14.2%)	3,212 → 3,966 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$60,318 → $93,115 (+54.4%)	$61,250 → $82,780 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$330,800 → $586,000 (+77.1%)	$281,000 → $470,400 (+67.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,414 (+22.5%)	$1,113 → $2,231 (+100.4%)

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

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)

	Sisters	Three Rivers
Under 5	4.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	20.2%
65 to 74	29.7%	15.8%
75 and over	7.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sisters	Three Rivers
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	2.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sisters	Three Rivers
No high school diploma	9.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	17.8%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sisters	Three Rivers
Drove alone	59.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	18.2%
Other means	5.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sisters	Three Rivers
1-unit, detached	75.9%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Sisters	Three Rivers
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2006	1996