Bend, Oregon population is 107,342 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #304 nationally and #6 in Oregon. Cost of living runs 3.6% above the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $115,021/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
107,342
+599 in the last year
Top 2% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 103.6
+3.6% vs US
Bend, OR metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$115,022/yr
+44% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$96,394
+24% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$718,400
+137% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,784/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
84°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
16%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore Bend, OR demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in Bend?
107,342 people live in Bend as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #304 largest U.S. city.
How big is Bend?
Bend covers 35.2 square miles of land and 0.2 square miles of water. Its population density is about 3,049 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 8.2% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 99,232 → 2025: 107,342 (+8.2%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
99,232
April 1, 2020
2020
99,690
July 1, 2020
2021
102,397
July 1, 2021
2022
103,172
July 1, 2022
2023
104,598
July 1, 2023
2024
106,743
July 1, 2024
2025
107,342
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 31.0% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Bend is the #304 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #6 in Oregon.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
99,232
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+8,110
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+8.2%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+599
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.6%
within V2025 only
Density
3,049
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
35.2
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#304
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#6
of 240 in Oregon
What is the median household income in Bend?
Median household income is 24% above the U.S. median ($96,394 vs $77,719); 8.8% live in poverty — 3.7 points below the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$96,394
US
Bend: $96,394 — 24% above the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Bend
$96,394
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Bend from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
96,394+24.0% vs US
±4,795
Per capita income
58,652+35.5% vs US
±2,927
Population in poverty
8.8%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 137% above the U.S. median ($718,400 vs $303,400); median rent is 40% above ($1,883 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 7.5×, making it 1.9× as cost-burdened as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$718,400
US
Bend: $718,400 — 137% above the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,784/mo
US
Bend: $1,784/mo — 66% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Bend. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.8%
Bend (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
58,884
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
24.8%+77.0% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Bend sits in Deschutes County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Deschutes County
7.5%
$99,705
4.1%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Bend's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
15,784
$1,527 / wk
#2
Accommodation and food services (72)
11,829
$656 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
11,742
$827 / wk
#4
Construction (23)
7,779
$1,445 / wk
#5
Manufacturing (31-33)
6,379
$1,264 / wk
What workers earn in the Bend, OR metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest tracked occupation in the Bend, OR metro (3,680 jobs, median $35,460/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
3,680
$35,460
$17.05
Cashiers
2,390
$36,290
$17.45
Office Clerks, General
1,990
$48,420
$23.28
Stockers and Order Fillers
1,870
$45,840
$22.04
Waiters and Waitresses
1,750
$50,480
$24.27
Cooks, Restaurant
1,530
$44,540
$21.41
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
1,450
$43,050
$20.70
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
3,190
$37,720
$18.13
Registered Nurses · benchmark
2,500
$135,010
$64.91
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
2,260
$93,660
$45.03
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
1,120
$61,220
$29.43
Software Developers · benchmark
690
$129,030
$62.03
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 3.6% above the U.S. average (RPP 103.6); rents run 10.0% above (RPP 110.0) — the metro's housing premium is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 103.6
US
Bend's cost of living runs 3.6% above the U.S. average (RPP 103.6 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 103.6
+3.6% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Bend, OR metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,784/mo
FY2026 · Bend-Redmond, OR HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
9.90%
4 brackets · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$9,585/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$5,212/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Oregon · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
Hottest month: July (84°F avg high). Coldest: December (23°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 11.5 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Bend from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for Bend from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Bend?
17 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 16% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Bend from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
17 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
15
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
17.3%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
16.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
53,377
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
Bend sits at state rank #6 among 240 cities in Oregon. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Lee's Summit, MO · #303 · 107,514 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Jurupa Valley, CA · #305 · 107,311 residents.
Quick travel facts for Bend
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Roberts Field(RDM) · 16 mi 25 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Jun, Sep · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Bend.
How many people live in Bend, OR?
Bend has 107,342 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #304 largest city in the United States and #6 in Oregon. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Bend growing or shrinking?
Bend has grown 8.2% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 8,110 residents, including a 0.6% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
The GEOID for Bend is 4105800. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
