Census-designated place · Jefferson County, Oregon

Crooked River Ranch, Oregon

Crooked River Ranch is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Oregon, part of the Bend, OR metro area. It has 5,160 residents. Crooked River Ranch, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 34 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,382 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #169 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on median Air Quality Index (low), public EV charging ports (high) and physical inactivity (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), rent as share of income (high) and injury deaths (high).

34Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,382 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #169 of 227 in OR
Population: 5,160 (2020-2024)
Land area: 21 mi²
Density: 249.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4116975

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety31#10,749/15,637
Economy49#7,922/15,631
Housing11#13,389/14,977
Health34#10,228/15,609
Healthcare39#9,477/15,650
Environment82#2,799/15,453
Education34#10,353/15,649
Infrastructure68#4,984/15,650
Community14#13,491/15,651
Leisure & amenities49#7,967/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Crooked River Ranch, Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jefferson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Median Air Quality Index · low28
95/100Oregon 352025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyJefferson County value
Public EV charging ports · high18.3 /10k
94/100Oregon 10.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyJefferson County value
Physical inactivity · low17.6%
86/100Oregon 20.9%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Oregon 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
84/100Oregon 0.4%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyJefferson County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low126 min
84/100Oregon 159 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJefferson County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Oregon 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJefferson County value
Rent as share of income · high44.9%
5/100Oregon 31.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Injury deaths · high140 /100k
6/100Oregon 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Traffic deaths · high30.1 /100k
7/100Oregon 13.3 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataJefferson County value
Depression · high28.1%
10/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · high22.4 /100k
13/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataJefferson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
4,026 (2015-2019) → 5,160 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.8% (2015-2019) → 91.6% (2020-2024)
+53 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.3% (2015-2019) → 44.9% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$60,128 (2015-2019) → $85,561 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
88.9% (2015-2019) → 96.8% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
15.8% (2015-2019) → 9.4% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Crooked River Ranch, Oregon improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Uninsured−6.2 points10.2% → 4.0%
Household income+42%$60,128 → $85,561

Declined1

Price / income+1.0×4.4× → 5.4×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Crooked River Ranch, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	46.0 min2015-2019	32.1 min2020-2024	−13.9 min	Within the margin of error	100%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Broadband subscriptions	88.9%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	91.2%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Home price to income ratio	4.4×2015-2019	5.4×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4002015-2019	0.4182020-2024	+0.018	Within the margin of error	35%
Median household income	$60,1282015-2019	$85,5612020-2024	+42%	Improved	77%
Poverty rate	15.8%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2015-2019	4.0%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Improved	90%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Crooked River Ranch, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crooked River Ranch, Oregon in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Crooked River Ranch, Oregon itself moved +7 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,160 residents (±447)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,188 households (±195)

Crooked River Ranch, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k7.8%†170
$25k–50k13%†289
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,188 households (±195)

Crooked River Ranch, Oregon
Oregon share

Own91%2,000
Rent8.6%†188

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,018 workers (±293)

Crooked River Ranch, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone73%1,483
Carpool5.1%†103
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Bend, OR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Jefferson County, the county holding most of Crooked River Ranch's residents.

Jefferson County has 455 employer establishments, 178 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.62× Oregon's), with 4,051 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,714. The Census Bureau also counts 1,430 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 455; 1,430 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 178; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 4,051
Average annual pay: $47,714; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jefferson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	34	13.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	525	$21,128	9
Construction of buildings	32	12.5	1.66×More than typical	68	$42,853	77
Specialty trade contractors	30	11.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	98	$64,194	84
Ambulatory health care services	23	9	0.43×Fewer than typical	173	$62,971	40
Lessors of real estate	23	9	0.73×Fewer than typical	51	$33,569	121
Full-service restaurants	17	6.7	0.87×About typical	146	$27,904	3
Religious organizations	16	6.3	1.13×About typical	61	$17,951	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	5.1	1.01×About typical	46	$37,130	28
Limited-service restaurants	13	5.1	0.63×Fewer than typical	343	$18,685	5
Services to buildings and dwellings	12	4.7	0.70×Fewer than typical	15	$41,400	109
Gasoline stations	11	4.3	1.33×More than typical	171	$27,205	—
Other specialty trade contractors	11	4.3	1.72×More than typical	44	$93,432	42

Rank places for an industry Open Jefferson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,532 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $413.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crooked River Ranch, Oregon: $80.20 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $413.8K
Per resident: $80.20; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Land Management$427K100%
Department of the Navy$1,1410.3%

Top recipients

JS LIVESTOCK INC$427K100%
CONTRACTOR SUPPLY SOLUTIONS LLC$1,0630.3%
ROCKWELL AMERICAN SERVICES, LTD.-$14.3K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

139.9KFY2017
147.6KFY2018
57.8KFY2019
125.2KFY2020
1.9MFY2021
1.9MFY2022
670.5KFY2023
504.8K

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for animal production · 1152$427K100%
Special food services · 7223$3,1300.8%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1,0630.3%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Crooked River Ranch, Oregon

VALVE, BALL, STANDARD PORT$2,215
CONTRACTOR SUPPLY SOLUTIONS LLC· Jefferson County, OR· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· N4523A26P4008
BUSHING$0
CONTRACTOR SUPPLY SOLUTIONS LLC· Jefferson County, OR· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 19, 2024 – Mar 10, 2026· SPMYM225P0199

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Crooked River Ranch, Oregon, so they do not add up across cities.

Crooked River Ranch, Oregon's figures are part of those of Jefferson County, OR and Deschutes County, OR ($42.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Crooked River Ranch is mostly in Jefferson County.

See federal money in Jefferson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Crooked River Ranch, Oregon is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bend, OR84

Other cities and towns in Jefferson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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