Benton County vs Deschutes County

A side-by-side comparison of Benton County and Deschutes County: population, income, housing, and more.

Benton County and Deschutes County are counties in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deschutes County has the higher population (203,026 vs 96,359 in Benton County). Deschutes County has the higher median household income ($87,640 vs $76,011 in Benton County). Deschutes County has the higher median home value ($596,000 vs $481,700 in Benton County).

Population, income & housing

	Benton County	Deschutes County
Population	96,359	203,026
Median age	33.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,011	$87,640
Median home value	$481,700	$596,000
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,674
Housing units	40,565	97,064
Homeownership rate	56.0%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	43.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton County	Deschutes County
Population	91,107 → 96,359 (+5.8%)	186,251 → 203,026 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$62,077 → $76,011 (+22.4%)	$67,043 → $87,640 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$331,300 → $481,700 (+45.4%)	$364,600 → $596,000 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,359 (+25.7%)	$1,208 → $1,674 (+38.6%)

Benton County

Population

91,10796,359

Median household income

$62,077$76,011

Median home value

$331,300$481,700

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,359

Deschutes County

Population

186,251203,026

Median household income

$67,043$87,640

Median home value

$364,600$596,000

Median gross rent

$1,208$1,674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton County	Deschutes County
Under 5	3.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	22.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.2%
75 and over	6.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton County	Deschutes County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	6.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton County	Deschutes County
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	14.0%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton County	Deschutes County
Drove alone	60.4%	66.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.3%
Walked	7.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	4.8%	1.4%
Worked from home	16.7%	20.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton County	Deschutes County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Benton County	Deschutes County
Poverty rate	19.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1979	1997