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%

Tigard$3,600/mo

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

Bend$4,180/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

6Tigard

14Bend

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

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

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

TigardBend

Snow a year4″22″

January low37°F 25°F

July high80°F 84°F

Growing season (days)280d 105d

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

Outdoors & history

TigardBend

Trails18 mi 81 mi

Conserved land9.3%5.2%

Settled1852 1905

National Register places4 28

Community

TigardBend

Library hours a week61 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

119 miles apart

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

TigardOR BendOR

Tigard ↔ Bend119 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

TigardBend

People

Population 56,011Lowest 103,390Highest

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

Median age 39.4±1.2Lowest about the OR average 40.9±0.8Highest 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 20%±1.5Highest OR: 19.9% 19.3%±1Lowest 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+ 17.4%±1.4Lowest OR: 19.1% 18.1%±0.9Highest 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+ 51%Lowest OR: 36.8% 52.9%Highest OR: 36.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±0.7Lowest OR: 5.7% 4.7%±0.7Highest 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 $108,823±$5kHighest 31% above OR $96,394±$5kLowest 16% above OR

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,782±$48Lowest 17% above OR $1,883±$54Highest 23% 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 $5,397Highest 39% above OR $4,162Lowest 7% above OR

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.2%±5.5Highest OR: 52.5% 47.9%±4.3Lowest 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 6.7%Lowest OR: 11.9% 8.8%Highest OR: 11.9%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 26.4%±2.2Highest OR: 19% 24.8%±2Lowest 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 12.7%Lowest 59.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.8 miHighest 3.8 miLowest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.3%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 17.6 miLowest 81.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miLowest 2.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 43Lowest 83Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Tigard-Tualatin SD 23JBend-LaPine Administrative SD 1

High school in town Tigard High SchoolCaldera High School

Students per teacherat that high school 20.9Lowest 118.8Highest

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.

Tigard vs Bend

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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