Bend

Population & Demographics

Bend, OR

Bend is home to 103,390 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 47,464 resident workers commute each day.

OregonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
103,390
people
Population

103,390 residents

Median age 40.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Bend population & demographics

Who lives in Bend — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
103,390
Median age
40.9yrs
Median household income
$96,394
Median home value
$718,400
Median gross rent
$1,883/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
52.9%
Poverty rate
8.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Bend

How Bend breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White82.6%
Hispanic or Latino9.2%
Two or more races5.7%
Asian1.1%
Some other race0.7%
Black0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%

Race across Bend

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Bend.

Bend at a glance
Employed Residents
47,464
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
16.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
59.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
24.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Portland
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Bend proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Bend commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

86 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Bend

47,464 commutes, one dot at a time

Bend

Where 47,464 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Bend, by worker count.

1Bend0.0 mi28,393
2Portland120.8 mi2,477
3Redmond16.0 mi2,305
4Salem104.2 mi741
5Eugene89.8 mi722
6Prineville28.7 mi461
7Hillsboro129.3 mi386
8Sunriver13.5 mi353

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Bend.

1Bend0.0 mi28,393
2Redmond16.0 mi5,054
3Deschutes River Woods5.1 mi1,497
4Portland120.8 mi1,353
5Prineville28.7 mi801
6Three Rivers17.1 mi614
7Eugene89.8 mi537
8Crooked River Ranch25.2 mi414

Top industries

The sectors that employ Bend’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance20.1%
RTRetail Trade12.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.3%
COConstruction7.8%
EDEducational Services6.5%
MFManufacturing5.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Bend

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps76%
5 Gbps23%
8 Gbps23%
See all internet providers in Bend

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).