† 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
1 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
German19.1%16.3%12.5%
English18.0%14.1%9.5%
Irish14.2%11.1%9.4%
Italian4.3%3.5%4.8%
Norwegian3.7%3.1%—
American3.6%4.3%5.3%
Scottish3.3%3.0%1.3%
French2.7%2.1%1.6%
Mexican6.8%11.5%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%0.2%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%0.4%—
Spanish0.3%0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%
Chinese0.3%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.5%0.9%
Japanese0.2%0.3%0.2%
Asian Indian0.1%0.7%1.4%
Korean0.1%0.4%0.4%
Taiwanese0.1%——
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
42.9
40.6
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.4%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bend, OR
Oregon
United States
Median household income
$92,758
$83,011
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.8%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
45.0%
36.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bend, OR
Oregon
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.4%
15.3%
22.3%
Spanish
5.5%
9.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bend, OR
Oregon
United States
Catholic
5.9%
11.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.9%
12.8%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
70.7%
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, Oregon
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1920–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1920
−19.0%
1924
−29.8%
1928
−24.0%
1932
+25.0%
1936
+50.6%
1940
+29.1%
1944
+19.6%
1948
+0.5%
1952
−29.0%
1956
−13.7%
1960
−3.7%
1964
+37.6%
1968
−6.6%
1972
−9.6%
1976
+2.2%
1980
−19.3%
1984
−24.6%
1988
−6.9%
1992
+0.1%
1996
−8.8%
2000
−17.4%
2004
−14.3%
2008
−0.3%
2012
−6.7%
2016
−3.3%
2020
+8.2%
2024
+10.4%
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
53.5%Harris68,108
43.1%Trump54,850
3.5%
D+10.4
D+2.2
D+11.9
127,375
D
52.7%Biden65,962
44.4%Trump55,646
2.9%
D+8.2
D+11.5
D+3.8
125,234
R
43.1%Clinton42,444
46.4%Trump45,692
10.6%
R+3.3
D+3.4
R+5.4
98,557
R
45.1%Obama36,961
51.8%Romney42,463
3.0%
R+6.7
R+6.4
R+10.6
81,900
R
48.7%Obama38,819
49.0%McCain39,064
2.4%
R+0.3
D+14.0
R+7.6
79,782
R
42.1%Kerry31,179
56.4%Bush41,757
1.5%
R+14.3
D+3.1
R+11.8
74,048
R
38.1%Gore22,061
55.5%Bush32,132
6.4%
R+17.4
R+8.6
R+17.9
57,885
R
37.9%Clinton17,151
46.7%Dole21,135
15.4%
R+8.8
R+8.9
R+17.3
45,282
D
35.7%Clinton15,693
35.6%Bush15,655
28.6%
D+0.1
D+7.0
R+5.5
43,918
R
45.5%Dukakis14,264
52.4%Bush16,425
2.2%
R+6.9
D+17.7
D+0.8
31,366
R
37.6%Mondale11,671
62.2%Reagan19,323
0.2%
R+24.6
R+5.3
R+6.4
31,066
R
33.6%Carter9,641
52.9%Reagan15,186
13.5%
R+19.3
R+21.5
R+9.6
28,715
D
48.9%Carter9,480
46.7%Ford9,054
4.4%
D+2.2
D+11.8
D+0.1
19,382
R
42.6%McGovern6,319
52.3%Nixon7,747
5.1%
R+9.6
R+3.0
D+13.5
14,819
R
43.3%Humphrey4,859
49.9%Nixon5,599
6.9%
R+6.6
R+44.2
R+5.9
11,230
D
68.8%Johnson6,947
31.2%Goldwater3,148
0.0%
D+37.6
D+41.3
D+15.0
10,095
R
48.0%Kennedy4,776
51.7%Nixon5,145
0.2%
R+3.7
D+9.9
R+3.9
9,944
R
43.2%Stevenson4,102
56.8%Eisenhower5,399
0.0%
R+13.7
D+15.3
D+1.8
9,501
R
35.3%Stevenson3,174
64.3%Eisenhower5,776
0.4%
R+29.0
R+29.5
R+18.2
8,986
D
48.8%Truman3,499
48.3%Dewey3,463
2.8%
D+0.5
R+19.1
R+4.0
7,163
D
59.2%Roosevelt3,807
39.6%Dewey2,547
1.1%
D+19.6
R+9.5
D+12.1
6,426
D
64.1%Roosevelt4,775
34.9%Willkie2,603
1.0%
D+29.1
R+21.5
D+19.2
7,453
D
72.7%Roosevelt4,278
22.1%Landon1,299
5.2%
D+50.6
D+25.6
D+26.4
5,884
D
58.6%Roosevelt2,962
33.6%Hoover1,697
7.8%
D+25.0
D+49.1
D+7.2
5,055
R
36.8%Smith1,702
60.8%Hoover2,815
2.4%
R+24.0
D+5.8
R+6.6
4,628
R
23.2%Davis1,015
53.0%Coolidge2,321
23.8%
R+29.8
R+10.9
R+4.7
4,378
R
35.3%Cox1,072
54.2%Harding1,649
10.5%
R+19.0
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D+7.2
3,040
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voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+2.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+10.4
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 7.8 points more Republican.
166,648 registered voters · 2024 · up from 158,110 in 2022
Domestic migration in Bend, OR in Bend, OR: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,458
2012
+1,390
2013
+3,540
2014
+3,698
2015
+4,291
2016
+6,010
2017
+5,815
2018
+4,815
2019
+5,498
2021
+6,012
2022
+960
2023
+1,768
2024
+1,987
2025
+1,646
Bend's rapid in-migration has made Deschutes County a competitive pivot point in statewide races, shifting a once reliably Republican media market toward split-ticket patterns that neither party can take for granted.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 29.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.4 points.
A population of 206,334, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,758 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Charlottesville and Butte-Bozeman.
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In 2024, Bend, OR, Oregon voted Democratic by 10.4 points (D+10.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 127,375 votes cast, 68,108 went Democratic and 54,850 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 206,334 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 $92,758 — 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, 10 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
