City safety & data profile
BendOR
Bend, OR is a 87K-resident city in Deschutes County with a median household income of $96,394.
Deschutes County, Oregon. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bend, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bend has a population larger than 90% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $718,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 87K
- Population (place)
- Top 10%
- By size
- $96,394
- Median income (place)
- $718,400
- Median home (place)
- 8.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Bend
Bend posts a median household income higher than 66% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Bend area.
- Top 34%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Bend
Composite score · Bend, OR
65/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bend in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Bend income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$96,394 Top 34% higher than 66% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Population ranking: OR
Population among 57 OR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Portland
Portland, OR
652,503 residents
- Eugene 176,654
Eugene, OR
176,654 residents
- Salem 175,535
Salem, OR
175,535 residents
- Gresham 110,553
Gresham, OR
110,553 residents
- Hillsboro 102,347
Hillsboro, OR
102,347 residents
- Beaverton 96,577
Beaverton, OR
96,577 residents
- Bend 87,014
Bend, OR
87,014 residents
- Medford 79,805
Medford, OR
79,805 residents
- Springfield 60,870
Springfield, OR
60,870 residents
- Corvallis 55,780
Corvallis, OR
55,780 residents
What this shows Portland is the largest OR city on this list; Bethany leads median income.
Income ranking: OR
Median household income among the same 57-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Bethany
Bethany, OR
$167,735 median
- Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill, OR
$164,079 median
- West Linn
West Linn, OR
$146,507 median
- Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego, OR
$141,549 median
- Oak Hills
Oak Hills, OR
$127,179 median
- Damascus
Damascus, OR
$122,500 median
- Happy Valley
Happy Valley, OR
$122,151 median
- Sherwood
Sherwood, OR
$109,966 median
- Sandy
Sandy, OR
$108,984 median
- Tigard
Tigard, OR
$108,823 median
What this shows Bethany leads this pool on median income; Portland is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Bend, OR beyond the headline numbers
Bend sits inside Deschutes County, Oregon, at roughly 44.06°N, -121.32°W. Population 87,014, $96,394 median household income. Median home value $718,400, median rent $1,883. Poverty rate 8.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Bend, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 47.6°F annual average, 10.8" precipitation.
The median home in Bend costs around 7.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 26.1% in Bend, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.
24.8% of Bend workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.
A bachelor's degree or higher is common in Bend: 52.9% of adults, the highest quarter of reporting cities -- a labor pool skewed toward credentialed work.
$1,883/month is the median rent in Bend, OR, placing it in the priciest quarter of reporting cities; housing cost is doing real work against the household budget here.
Unemployment in Bend sits at 3.7%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
At 8.8%, poverty in Bend, OR runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bend from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Deschutes County): Bend's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
What stands out most about Bend's economic profile: poverty rate at 8.8%, 29% below the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,883/mo, 22% above the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 8.8% -29% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 52.9% |
| Work From Home | 24.8% |
| Public Transit | 0.2% |
Headcount
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20243.6% above national average
Metro area: Bend-Redmond, OR (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
What alerts and safety updates affect Bend?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bend right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OR-BEND · Bend
Bend: 27 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-HEAVY 27 on record
- WX-LED 85% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset
Tagged alert mix: Bend
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
23
- Bushfire Alerts 3
Bushfire Alerts
3
- Weather Alerts 1
Weather Alerts
1
What this shows 27 tagged notices on record for Bend.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ9)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bend; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Oregon state hubs · Methodology
Cities tracking a comparable alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (27 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
Related reading
Questions & Answers 8
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bend, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OR (8.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OR ($96,394 here).
Compare Bend with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
What to do with Bend's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bend area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Bend against Oregon peers on any ranking lens. Explore Oregon
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Deschutes County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.