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%

Bend$4,180/mo

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

Tigard$3,600/mo

Typical home $602K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $1,782/mo · Housing →

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,900 a year, between Bend and Tigard.

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

B−BendSafer than 45% of U.S. towns DTigardSafer than 12% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−BendBetter than 83% of districts in the state ATigardBetter than 91% of districts in the state

Health

ABendHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns A−TigardHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns

14Bend

6Tigard

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

SafestSafety · 73 towns #24#65 Shortest commuteGetting around · 147 towns #22#72 Fastest growingGrowth · 140 towns #14#48 Most trailsOutdoors · 108 towns #12#38 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 147 towns #16#49 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 65 towns #15#28 Lowest property taxCost of living · 147 towns #106#130 Lowest obesityHealth · 147 towns #4#27

Left end = #1 in Oregon. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bend’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

BendTigard

Snow a year22″4″

January low25°F 37°F

July high84°F 80°F

Growing season (days)105d 280d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)20th 64th

Outdoors & history

BendTigard

Trails81 mi 18 mi

Conserved land5.2%9.3%

Settled1905 1852

National Register places28 4

Community

BendTigard

Library hours a week69 hrs 61 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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

119 miles apart

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

BendOR TigardOR

Bend ↔ Tigard119 miles apart

Who commutes between them

321 Bend residents work in Tigard (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

BendTigard

People

Population 103,390Highest 56,011Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +29.4%Highest OR: +10.6% +13.5%Lowest OR: +10.6%

Median age 40.9±0.8Highest about the OR average 39.4±1.2Lowest about the OR average

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

Kids under 18 19.3%±1Lowest OR: 19.9% 20%±1.5Highest OR: 19.9%

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

Age 65+ 18.1%±0.9Highest OR: 19.1% 17.4%±1.4Lowest OR: 19.1%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 52.9%Highest OR: 36.8% 51%Lowest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±0.7Highest OR: 5.7% 4.6%±0.7Lowest OR: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $96,394±$5kLowest 16% above OR $108,823±$5kHighest 31% above OR

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $718,400±$18kHighest 50% above OR $610,500±$13kLowest 28% above OR

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,883±$54Highest 23% above OR $1,782±$48Lowest 17% above OR

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,162Lowest 7% above OR $5,397Highest 39% above OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.9%±4.3Lowest OR: 52.5% 52.2%±5.5Highest OR: 52.5%

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

Below poverty line 8.8%Highest OR: 11.9% 6.7%Lowest OR: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.7% OR: 63.3% 61.7% OR: 63.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 20 yrs newer than OR 1988Lowest 7 yrs newer than OR

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 29% below OR 23 minHighest about the OR average

Work from home 24.8%±2Lowest OR: 19% 26.4%±2.2Highest OR: 19%

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

Work in townworking residents 59.9%Highest 12.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.8 miLowest 7.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.24Lowest 1.59Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Portland (5%)Portland (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in TigardFew work in Bend

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.2%Lowest 9.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 81.2 miHighest 17.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.3 miHighest 1.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 83Highest 43Lowest

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

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #23 of 121 in OR #25 of 121 in OR

School district Bend-LaPine Administrative SD 1Tigard-Tualatin SD 23J

High school in town Caldera High SchoolTigard High School

Students per teacherat that high school 118.8Highest 20.9Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Bend vs Tigard

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Bend

Bend places higher on 14 of 23 OR lists

What daily life feels like in each

119 miles apart

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