† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBend, OROregonUnited States
German18.0%16.3%12.5%
English17.2%14.1%9.5%
Irish13.3%11.1%9.4%
American3.8%4.3%5.3%
Italian3.8%3.5%4.8%
Norwegian3.4%3.1%—
Scottish2.8%3.0%1.3%
French2.4%2.1%1.6%
Mexican8.0%11.5%11.3%
Spanish0.3%0.4%—
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bend, OR
Oregon
United States
Median age
43.2
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.6%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bend, OR
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$90,045
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.5%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.3%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bend, OR
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.2%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
6.3%
9.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bend, OR
Oregon
United States
Catholic
6.0%
11.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.3%
12.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
71.4%
66.9%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bend, OR
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+11.0%
1896
−2.6%
1900
−10.4%
1904
−42.6%
1908
−22.8%
1912
+10.4%
1916
+21.6%
1920
−22.5%
1924
−25.6%
1928
−24.6%
1932
+24.8%
1936
+44.3%
1940
+25.2%
1944
+14.6%
1948
+1.5%
1952
−26.9%
1956
−10.3%
1960
−1.8%
1964
+33.7%
1968
−7.6%
1972
−11.0%
1976
+3.0%
1980
−18.7%
1984
−24.8%
1988
−6.3%
1992
+0.1%
1996
−8.0%
2000
−19.3%
2004
−17.2%
2008
−3.8%
2012
−10.5%
2016
−9.7%
2020
+0.0%
2024
+1.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
48.8%Harris75,885
47.8%Trump74,316
3.4%
D+1.0
D+1.0
D+2.5
155,422
D
48.6%Biden74,156
48.6%Trump74,122
2.8%
D+0.02
D+9.7
R+4.4
152,595
R
40.0%Clinton48,061
49.7%Trump59,686
10.4%
R+9.7
D+0.8
R+11.8
120,188
R
43.2%Obama43,366
53.7%Romney53,895
3.0%
R+10.5
R+6.7
R+14.4
100,305
R
46.9%Obama46,133
50.6%McCain49,837
2.5%
R+3.8
D+13.5
R+11.0
98,452
R
40.6%Kerry37,446
57.9%Bush53,349
1.5%
R+17.2
D+2.1
R+14.8
92,214
R
37.3%Gore27,216
56.6%Bush41,333
6.2%
R+19.3
R+11.3
R+19.8
73,059
R
38.2%Clinton22,313
46.2%Dole27,019
15.6%
R+8.0
R+8.1
R+16.6
58,466
D
35.7%Clinton20,362
35.6%Bush20,320
28.7%
D+0.1
D+6.4
R+5.5
57,095
R
45.8%Dukakis19,329
52.0%Bush21,983
2.2%
R+6.3
D+18.6
D+1.4
42,243
R
37.5%Mondale15,859
62.3%Reagan26,379
0.3%
R+24.8
R+6.1
R+6.6
42,346
R
34.2%Carter13,457
53.0%Reagan20,822
12.8%
R+18.7
R+21.7
R+9.0
39,314
D
49.3%Carter13,785
46.4%Ford12,957
4.3%
D+3.0
D+14.0
D+0.9
27,936
R
41.9%McGovern9,291
52.9%Nixon11,730
5.2%
R+11.0
R+3.4
D+12.1
22,163
R
42.7%Humphrey7,630
50.4%Nixon8,995
6.9%
R+7.6
R+41.3
R+6.9
17,857
D
66.8%Johnson11,105
33.1%Goldwater5,506
0.0%
D+33.7
D+35.5
D+11.1
16,619
R
49.0%Kennedy7,995
50.8%Nixon8,290
0.2%
R+1.8
D+8.5
R+2.0
16,310
R
44.9%Stevenson7,024
55.1%Eisenhower8,634
0.0%
R+10.3
D+16.6
D+5.1
15,658
R
36.2%Stevenson5,387
63.1%Eisenhower9,388
0.7%
R+26.9
R+28.4
R+16.1
14,884
D
49.4%Truman5,207
47.9%Dewey5,045
2.6%
D+1.5
R+13.1
R+2.9
10,531
D
56.7%Roosevelt5,249
42.1%Dewey3,898
1.2%
D+14.6
R+10.6
D+7.1
9,254
D
62.2%Roosevelt6,681
36.9%Willkie3,968
0.9%
D+25.2
R+19.0
D+15.3
10,747
D
69.7%Roosevelt5,878
25.4%Landon2,141
5.0%
D+44.3
D+19.5
D+20.0
8,439
D
59.2%Roosevelt4,429
34.5%Hoover2,576
6.3%
D+24.8
D+49.4
D+7.0
7,477
R
36.6%Smith2,497
61.2%Hoover4,173
2.2%
R+24.6
D+1.0
R+7.1
6,821
R
25.0%Davis1,691
50.5%Coolidge3,420
24.5%
R+25.6
R+3.0
R+0.4
6,766
R
34.4%Cox1,900
56.9%Harding3,144
8.7%
R+22.5
R+44.1
D+3.7
5,525
D
57.8%Wilson3,603
36.2%Hughes2,256
6.0%
D+21.6
D+11.2
D+18.5
6,234
D
38.0%Wilson1,060
27.6%Taft770
34.4%
D+10.4
D+33.2
R+9.2
2,790
R
34.1%Bryan548
56.9%Taft915
9.1%
R+22.8
D+19.7
R+13.3
1,609
R
22.8%Parker266
65.3%Roosevelt763
11.9%
R+42.6
R+32.2
R+22.9
1,168
R
42.6%Bryan381
53.0%McKinley474
4.5%
R+10.4
R+7.8
R+2.8
895
R
47.1%Bryan575
49.7%McKinley607
3.3%
R+2.6
R+13.7
D+3.5
1,222
D
48.2%Cleveland411
37.2%Harrison317
14.6%
D+11.0
—
D+9.4
852
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
49.5%65,192
47.7%62,868
131,695
2020
D
49.5%73,988
47.3%70,723
149,588
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+2.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+1.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.4 points more Republican.
206,162 registered voters · 2024 · up from 195,910 in 2022
Domestic migration in Bend, OR in Bend, OR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,256
2012
+1,384
2013
+3,630
2014
+4,264
2015
+5,112
2016
+7,321
2017
+7,137
2018
+6,035
2019
+6,578
2021
+7,562
2022
+1,835
2023
+2,550
2024
+2,496
2025
+2,026
Bend's Deschutes County shifted from reliably Republican toward competitive territory as the metro's population roughly doubled since 2000, driven by remote workers and retirees arriving from Oregon's liberal coastal cities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 42.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.0 points.
A population of 257,814, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,045 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Truckee-Grass Valley, CA and Medford, OR.
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In 2024, Bend, OR, Oregon voted Democratic by 1.0 points (D+1.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 155,422 votes cast, 75,885 went Democratic and 74,316 went Republican.
When did Bend, OR, Oregon last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bend, OR, Oregon voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Bend, OR, Oregon?
Bend, OR, Oregon has a population of 257,814 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bend, OR, Oregon?
Median household income in Bend, OR, Oregon is $90,045 — above the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.
What is the political history of Bend, OR, Oregon?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bend, OR, Oregon from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
