City · Deschutes County, Oregon

La Pine, Oregon

La Pine is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, part of the Bend, OR metro area. It has 2,547 residents. La Pine, Oregon has a quality-of-life score of 55 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,020 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oregon it ranks #84 of 227 cities and towns. It ranks best on gyms and fitness centers (high), mental health providers (high) and median Air Quality Index (low). It ranks worst on distance to an emergency room (high), broadband subscriptions (low) and depression (high).

55Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,020 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oregon: #84 of 227 in OR
Population: 2,547 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 356.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4141050

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety44#8,713/15,637
Economy38#9,662/15,631
Housing13#13,079/14,977
Health60#6,293/15,609
Healthcare68#4,962/15,650
Environment46#8,361/15,453
Education57#6,672/15,649
Infrastructure33#10,552/15,650
Community89#1,729/15,651
Leisure & amenities93#1,079/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where La Pine, Oregon ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Deschutes 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

Gyms and fitness centers · high2.5 /10k
98/100Oregon 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDeschutes County value
Mental health providers · high753 /100k
97/100Oregon 776 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDeschutes County value
Median Air Quality Index · low23
97/100Oregon 352025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDeschutes County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,460 /100k
97/100Oregon 1,868 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDeschutes County value
Voter turnout · high79.4%
95/100Oregon 70.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDeschutes County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high8.9 /10k
93/100Oregon 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDeschutes County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high17.8 mi
5/100Oregon 6.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDeschutes County value
Broadband subscriptions · low75.5%
6/100Oregon 92.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Depression · high28.6%
8/100Oregon 27.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · high25.4 /100k
8/100Oregon 20.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDeschutes County value
Students per teacher · high19.7×
8/100Oregon 17.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsDeschutes County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.2×
9/100Oregon 5.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,343 (2015-2019) → 2,547 (2020-2024)
+8.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
22.7% (2015-2019) → 39.8% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
55.3% (2015-2019) → 69.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.6% (2015-2019) → 75.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,991 (2015-2019) → $58,365 (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.0% (2015-2019) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, La Pine, Oregon improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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−9.8 points19.0% → 9.2%
Household income+54%$37,991 → $58,365

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of La Pine, Oregon between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.2 min2015-2019	24.6 min2020-2024	−5.6 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Broadband subscriptions	64.6%2015-2019	75.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Child poverty rate	22.7%2015-2019	39.8%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Home price to income ratio	5.2×2015-2019	6.2×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4662015-2019	0.4102020-2024	−0.055	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$37,9912015-2019	$58,3652020-2024	+54%	Improved	87%
Poverty rate	16.8%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent as share of income	32.2%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	55.3%2015-2019	69.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.0%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	−9.8 points	Improved	96%

“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 La Pine, Oregon five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of La Pine, 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, La Pine, Oregon itself moved +6.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,547 residents (±29)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,547 residents (±29)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

White80%2,031
Black0.0%†1
Hispanic or Latino14%†364

Education

1,939 residents (±207)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

No high school diploma12%†227
High school or GED36%696
Some college25%479

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

1,070 households (±132)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $25k14%†146
$25k–50k29%†308
$50k–75k28%†297
$75k–100k15%†159
$100k–150k8.2%†88
$150k–200k3.1%†33
$200k or more3.6%†39

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−17.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,070 households (±132)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

Own58%625
Rent42%445

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

401 households (±127)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $75027%†107
$750–1,00013%†52
$1,000–1,50021%†84

Home values

625 homes (±148)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

Under $150k14%†85
$150k–250k7.0%†44
$250k–400k39%†245

Age of homes

1,179 homes (±137)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

2010 or later29%342
2000–200924%†279
1980–199913%†159

Size of homes

1,179 homes (±137)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

Studio6.4%†75
1 bedroom10%†119
2 bedrooms22%†259

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

947 workers (±173)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

Drive alone65%611
Carpool12%†111
Public transit0.5%†5
Walk3.8%†36
Bike0.7%†7
Work from home19%†177
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−17.6 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

770 workers (±147)

La Pine, Oregon
Oregon share

Under 15 min33%†256
15–29 min20%†157
30–44 min31%†242

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Deschutes County, the county holding most of La Pine's residents.

Deschutes County has 8,553 employer establishments, 410 for every 10,000 residents (1.65× the US rate of 248; 1.42× Oregon's), with 78,499 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,237. The Census Bureau also counts 23,246 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,553; 23,246 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 410; US 248 · Oregon 288
Paid employees: 78,499
Average annual pay: $57,237; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	773	37	2.39×More than typical	4,935	$68,981	1,238
Ambulatory health care services	758	36.3	1.74×More than typical	5,721	$81,451	1,354
Lessors of real estate	621	29.8	2.42×More than typical	1,293	$49,556	2,845
Construction of buildings	552	26.5	3.50×More than typical	2,431	$74,408	861
Restaurants and other eating places	502	24.1	1.31×More than typical	8,448	$29,681	82
Real estate agents and brokers	385	18.5	3.79×More than typical	436	$57,002	905
Offices of other health practitioners	359	17.2	2.83×More than typical	1,305	$50,919	903
Management, scientific and technical consulting	329	15.8	2.35×More than typical	870	$77,178	1,385
Services to buildings and dwellings	288	13.8	2.05×More than typical	1,372	$41,932	1,017
Building finishing contractors	259	12.4	3.27×More than typical	1,076	$52,792	412
Full-service restaurants	233	11.2	1.45×More than typical	4,261	$33,768	26
Building equipment contractors	210	10.1	1.67×More than typical	1,840	$73,103	155

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1,870 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in La Pine, Oregon: $0.73 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,870
Per resident: $0.73; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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

Forest Service$1,870100%

Top recipients

DELUGE PROPERTIES, LLC$1,870100%
KASH TRUCKING LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.7KFY2017
10KFY2018
35.3KFY2019
3.6KFY2020
2.8KFY2021
1.9KFY2022
45.6KFY2023
822.6FY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$1,870100%

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 La Pine, Oregon, so they do not add up across cities.

La Pine, Oregon's figures are part of those of Deschutes County, OR ($35.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: La Pine is mostly in Deschutes County.

See federal money in Deschutes 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.

La Pine, 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.

Deschutes County85100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bend, OR84

Other cities and towns in Deschutes 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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