Bend is a relatively large city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 106,926 people and 30 associated neighborhoods, Bend is the sixth largest community in Oregon. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Bend, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Bend, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Bend’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Bend does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $96,394.00. Bend home prices are not only among the most expensive in Oregon, but Bend real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Bend is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.13% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bend is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bend who work in management occupations (13.82%), sales jobs (12.24%), and office and administrative support (9.87%). Of important note, Bend is also a city of artists. Bend has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bend’s character. Also of interest is that Bend has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 24.78% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.52 minutes getting to work every day.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bend, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bend is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.88% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Bend in 2022 was $58,652, which is wealthy relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $234,608 for a family of four. However, Bend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bend is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bend residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bend include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Bend is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
