A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Beaverton$3,190/mo

Typical home $524K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.00% · or rent about $1,826/mo · Housing →

Bend$4,180/mo

Typical home $729K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.58% · or rent about $1,883/mo · Housing →

The difference: $990 a month, about $11,900 a year, between Bend and Beaverton.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Bend places higher on 14 of 23 OR lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Oregon ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−BeavertonSafer than 21% of U.S. towns B−BendSafer than 45% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+BeavertonBetter than 98% of districts in the state A−BendBetter than 83% of districts in the state

Health

A−BeavertonHealthier than 81% of U.S. towns ABendHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

8Beaverton

14Bend

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 82 towns #52#7 Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #75#14 Shortest commuteGetting around · 147 towns #86#22 SafestSafety · 73 towns #51#24 Most conserved landOutdoors · 141 towns #23#61 Highest graduation rateSchools · 139 towns #20#57 Lowest obesityHealth · 147 towns #35#4 Lowest property taxCost of living · 147 towns #133#106

Left end = #1 in Oregon. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Beaverton’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BeavertonBend

Snow a year4″22″

January low37°F 25°F

July high80°F 84°F

Growing season (days)280d 105d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 20th

Outdoors & history

BeavertonBend

Trails35 mi 81 mi

Conserved land14.3%5.2%

Settled1847 1905

National Register places5 28

Community

BeavertonBend

Library hours a week54 hrs 69 hrs

Colleges in town—2

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

123 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BeavertonOR BendOR

Beaverton ↔ Bend123 miles apart

Who commutes between them

316 Bend residents work in Beaverton (0.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Bend →

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Oregon average

BeavertonBend

People

Population 97,812Lowest 103,390Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.6%Lowest OR: +10.6% +29.4%Highest OR: +10.6%

Median age 37.8±1Lowest 6% below OR 40.9±0.8Highest about the OR average

Kids under 18 20.5%±1.1Highest OR: 19.9% 19.3%±1Lowest OR: 19.9%

Beaverton and Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 14.6%±0.9Lowest OR: 19.1% 18.1%±0.9Highest OR: 19.1%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 50.1%Lowest OR: 36.8% 52.9%Highest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±0.9Highest OR: 5.7% 4.7%±0.7Lowest OR: 5.7%

Beaverton and Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $98,622±$3kHighest 19% above OR $96,394±$5kLowest 16% above OR

Beaverton and Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $569,800±$12kLowest 19% above OR $718,400±$18kHighest 50% above OR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,826±$31Lowest 20% above OR $1,883±$54Highest 23% above OR

Bend and Beaverton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,724Highest 48% above OR $4,162Lowest 7% above OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.8%±3.4Highest OR: 52.5% 47.9%±4.3Lowest OR: 52.5%

Beaverton and Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.1%Highest OR: 11.9% 8.8%Lowest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.5%Lowest OR: 63.3% 61.7%Highest OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Lowest 6 yrs newer than OR 2001Highest 20 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 5% above OR 16 minLowest 29% below OR

Work from home 25.1%±1.8Highest OR: 19% 24.8%±2Lowest OR: 19%

Beaverton and Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 15.7%Lowest 59.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miHighest 3.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.29Highest 1.24Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Portland (30%)Portland (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Bend1% work in Beaverton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 14.3%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 35.3 miLowest 81.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.8 miLowest 2.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 108Highest 83Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 133Highest 127Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #9 of 121 in OR #23 of 121 in OR

School district Beaverton SD 48J · Portland SD 1JBend-LaPine Administrative SD 1

High school in town Sunset High SchoolCaldera High School

Students per teacherat that high school 21.5Lowest 118.8Highest

Oregon average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Beaverton neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Beaverton’s Town Square.

Bend neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Bend’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Beaverton and Bend

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Bordering Beaverton

+ Compare

Raleigh Hills6,744 people · $914K homes

+ Compare

Garden Home-Whitford6,979 people · $625K homes

+ Compare

West Haven-Sylvan7,674 people · $782K homes

+ Compare

Cedar Mill19,471 people · $878K homes

Towns like Beaverton

+ Compare

Hillsboro108,231 people · $521K homes

+ Compare

Eugene179,591 people · $460K homes

+ Compare

Tigard56,011 people · $611K homes

+ Compare

Medford86,315 people · $417K homes

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Beaverton vs Bend

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $990 more a month in Bend

Bend places higher on 14 of 23 OR lists

What daily life feels like in each

123 miles apart

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Beaverton and Bend

Bordering Beaverton

Towns like Beaverton

Post to Beaverton

Check your email