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Bend, OR
106,926 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4105800 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (28 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Bend ranked #22 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Bend and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: St. George UT, West Jordan UT, Sparks NV, Carmel IN, Roseville CA, Kent WA, Kenosha WI, Lewisville TX, Clarksville TN, Greeley CO, Broken Arrow OK, Meridian ID, Sioux Falls SD · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #22 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #36 | #13 | #10 | #12 | #46 | #60 | #30 | #13 | #10 | #12 | #38 | #12 | #9 | #17 | #27 | #47 | #25 | #38 | #22 | #22 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 66,335 | 70,393 | 72,994 | 75,456 | 76,142 | 76,663 | 77,575 | 78,617 | 80,906 | 83,526 | 86,277 | 90,665 | 94,557 | 97,620 | 100,421 | 99,687 | 102,412 | 103,208 | 104,707 | 106,926 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #30 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +4.4 | +4.6 | +2.3 | +2.1 | -0.1 | — | +0.9 | +0.9 | +2.1 | +2.2 | +2.5 | +3.3 | +3.1 | +2.5 | +2.8 | +0.6 | +2.9 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #71 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 38.5 | 23.9 | 12.5 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 18.2 | 16.2 | 12.8 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 15.4 | 6.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #108 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 20.9% | 19.8% | 18.4% | 19.7% | 20.2% | 23.0% | 23.8% | 19.8% | 22.5% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 23.9% | 22.1% | 24.2% | 26.1% | — | 24.7% | 24.0% | 23.5% | 22.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #94 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.0 | 1.4 | — | — | — | 6.5 | 1.3 | — | 1.2 | — | 2.3 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #7 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | 11.4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 6.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 38,538 | 42,005 | 43,641 | 42,700 | 38,228 | 38,427 | 40,497 | 39,798 | 42,508 | 44,711 | 47,236 | 51,400 | 53,388 | 54,773 | 56,085 | 52,886 | 54,953 | 56,743 | 58,720 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #236 of 329 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.2 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +0.5 | -0.7 | +0.8 | +3.6 | -0.6 | +0.5 | -0.2 | +0.3 | +2.0 | -0.0 | -0.5 | +0.1 | -2.1 | +0.2 | -1.1 | -1.0 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38,281 | 36,542 | 41,442 | 43,836 | 43,057 | 47,234 | 45,947 | 49,213 | 52,992 | — | 53,631 | 57,916 | 57,196 | 60,023 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #48 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 4.9% | 7.0% | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.2% | — | 4.2% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #66 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 36% | 39% | 26% | 26% | 23% | 18% | 26% | 22% | 32% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 31% | 35% | 30% | 36% | 37% | 37% | 34% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #243 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $1,917 | $1,785 | $1,710 | $1,651 | $1,806 | $1,697 | $1,754 | $1,584 | $1,894 | $1,979 | $2,542 | $2,291 | $2,059 | $1,860 | $1,693 | $3,617 | $3,702 | $4,110 | $3,771 | $4,594 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Bend. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.